council housing

[leewayne]

Want to be moved,but council wont move me for some time,how can i make them move me,i hate where i live and cant afford private renting again,have 2 children boy and girl,surely they cant share a room forever??!!! the council doesnt seem to care

[leewayne]

How do they get the houses in the first place with a right to buy??!!! ive tried everything everyone has suggested here. Guess ill have to put up and shut up!! My partner works all the hours god sends surely we should have quiet time too for me and my children. Not having a garden is the biggest problem!

[Ebbs]

Sorry leewayne when i answered your question i didn't realise you had a partner that worked, this does make it so much more difficult. When i claimed housing benefit they paid 100% of my rent.
The only thing you can to do about your neighbour is to report them to the council and environmental health about the noise issue etc, log everything and if appropriate call the police make a log of the crime number it does take time but neighbours from hell are eventually evicted though in my experience the council just replace them with yet another problem family. Because there are few council places left there are now several housing associations i live in the south and they are called south down housing and the guiness trust here, is there the same thing in your area? It is basically the same as having a council house. The Government also insist when new houses are built a certain number are made available to low income families sorry i dont really know much about it perhaps a search on the web would throw up some results.
As i said in my post before no one seems to want to tell you what you are entitled to, it seems that unless you know about it they're not going to tell you. Don't be afraid of being a pain keep on at them it seems to me those that complain and make a nuisance of themselves get quicker results.
I really wish you and your family well as i know how terrible this can make your life, i am currently stuck with a neighbour from hell myself unfortunately as he owns his house its near impossible to do anything about it.

[sleepy1]

find out about half buy half rent a lot of places do that now

[aims1202]

You asked about how the people get a right to buy council house. Most of these would have been bought a long time ago and sold on to other people. There are a lot of council houses that are not council anymore and are usually much cheaper to buy because they are on estates. Where we live there are lots of immigrants who buy these houses, probably because they are cheaper.
It is possible to do shared ownership where you buy part of the house from the council and you rent part of it. I think you still need a deposit but not nearly as much than if you were buying it yourself. Not sure how long it takes to get one of these but i would go to the council and ask.
If this is immpossible for you then all you can do is keep writing to them about the problems and ask for a transfer.
I wish you luck.

[leewayne]

thanx for that i will ask,surely theres something i can do,just whats happened to this country,the government should start thinking of british citizens first and what they want. Just feel miserable bout where i live and want to take my children far away from here as possible.Coucil have only just moved me here but didnt have a say in where i was going to be housed!!

[candance]

My sister has lived in her maisonette for almost 15 years, part buy and cant get out of it... the council say the children have to share a room until the eldest is 14... she is 12 and her brother is 6! It drives her mad!

She has lived in the area for 40 years and cant get a house...I dont even want to go down that road!

Lots of good suggestions made on here worth a try.

[trevt0m]

tell them your not british your soon have your new house