overcrowding problem in council flat.

[Lolliemma]

I am having problems with my local council I live in a 1 bedroomed flat with my partner and our 2 year old I also have a baby on the way due in June. I am epileptic and have also recently been diagnosed as having depression ( this situation is to much for me) I cant sleep get tearful quickly and dont seem to be coping very well.
I got my doctor to write to council and they replied with thanks for the letter but we have more people in worse positions then you, they told me that I am not overcrowded yet as my daughter is only classed as half a person as she is only 2 and will only be classed as a full person in her own right when she is 10 also my new baby wont even be classed as a half person until she is 18 months old so even when my new born has arrived I will have to wait till shes 18 months old to be technically 1 person overcrowded (2 little ones classed as half person each) until shes 18 months they see it as I only have 1 child here. Also every school holiday I have my step daughter who is 7 come but they dont take her into consideration at all because we dont get child benefit for her her mum does. So every holiday from june I am going to have 3 children here but only 1 will count!! I think seeing as there are soooo many families out there now with step children staying in there homes this should be taken into consideration! Ok I understand that some people only have there step kids 1 - 2 times a year but I have my step daughter every school holiday for all of the holiday so in summer 6 weeks!!
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[oldgrape]

hi i got a two bedroom council flat in may last year 4 me and my partner i have a stepson who stays sometimes (not very often) who is 4 years old and i was pregnantat thetime!
I was given a 2 bedroom because my partner had a solicitors letter stating that he had the right to have his son once a week! Perhaps if u have a letter like that (custody/divorce settlement) you can show this to the council as i did!
If not try and get one!
Hope this helps and good luck

[Acer]

Do you take medication for the epilepsy or is it quite mild?

You will manage fine in a 1 bed flat with 2 kids. Ok so the 7 year old will be more of a struggle but look on the bright side as you won't have her all the time.

I am sorry to hear you are getting down but think of the situations most other people in the world are in- there are those who have no home or live in shacks etc... with multiple children.

Get out in the spring sunshine and enjoy being alive- think of your flat as a cosy little place and make the best of it.

Also stop having kids- if you want children then you need to be able to pay for them and not expect tax payers like me to fund your council house !

[Lolliemma]

Can I just thank everyone for the answers but I have to add that I pay full rent and council tax so people saying they are tax payers paying for me isnt true!!!
My partner works and we pay all our bills ourselves with no help. So all the people with the attitude that I'm a sponger can you please get rid of it as not all people living in council housing are on benefits!!!!!
So as to how many children I have thats not anyone elses business but my own when me and my partner are paying for the up bringing of them! If I was on benefits then I would totally understand but Im not!

[v.anoyed]

hi this is not an answer to the question im just disgusted in the answer left previously if i swore i would. me and my partner live in a one bedroomed flat with our 10 month old son. we pay full rent and councill tax i work around 50 hours a week in a management position and pay a significant amount of tax we both come from working class familys but as have the rest of our familys we have made a go of our lives my father is a now sucessfull euntropenuer
my aunt is a justice of the peace and my partners parents are also sucessfull in buisiness .we are in a similar position with the council they obviously did not consider that in todays market not every body good job or not can not afford to buy a house!

[Rusebob]

Don't have kids if you can't afford it then, is your problem not anyone elses

[Rusebob]

Also just private rent and you will get move straight away if it's affecting your health, also council property's are subsidised by the tax payer so effectively it is sponging