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Hey,
My mate is 6 months pregnant and she's living with her mum, she applied to council but they said she isnt priority because its just classed as over crowding. So, tomorrow she's going "homeless" and she knows she gonna have to go in a hostel, was just wondering if anyone has experienced it and if so how long does it normally take?
Cheers in advance
Lisa And Sam.
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My mate is 6 months pregnant and she's living with her mum, she applied to council but they said she isnt priority because its just classed as over crowding. So, tomorrow she's going "homeless" and she knows she gonna have to go in a hostel, was just wondering if anyone has experienced it and if so how long does it normally take?
Cheers in advance
Lisa And Sam.
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I agree. A hostel is no place for a 6 month pregnant woman.
It's also unlikely to work because it'll rapidly become apparent when she 'goes homeless' that she's just left her mums so she still won't be a priority.
Surely her Mum would not want her to leave to stay in a hostel anyway, especially since she's pregnant!
Hmm, hard one.
no. but once she has the baby she will be a priority.
why can't she stick it out at her mums till then?
What's wrong with her staying at her mum's after the baby is born?
The council will not take her seriously until then. Overcrowding is still not priority as you have a roof over your head.
As for hostels, where i live they often put you in b&b instead of hostels, and even in the hostels, some are actually very nice!
ETA she will only stay in these places until a more permanent place becomes avalible. I am pretty sure she wont be that prioity for a permanent place until shes had the baby.
Shes thinking of borrowing the money now to rent.
Real World<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>> You.
If it was that easy, don't you think that she would have done that?
If anything it will make it harder to get support from the council because she will be consider "housed" and therefore very low on the priority list.
Beware, she could find it really difficult to pay it back and she'll have enough on her plate without worrying about debts...
So why can't she stay with you?
Not really a long term solution is it?
For the short term yes, for the long term no.
I'd love it, she cooks and cleans, shes like my mum but my age.
meh, i know, having a bit of a bad afternoon and bugged me where it seemed it was expected that this person should be entitled to a free house
meh, i still live with me rents so i can't say much
They are designed to help people in need which she is. Not everyone can afford to rent privately (or even if they can its not very secure) you could be moving every 6 months which is not stablity.
Lots of people can't afford to buy either so give her a break.
We were housed by the council (got HA house) because after moving to a house from a flat, the landlord said that it was going to be a long term let but put the house on the market 4 months later.
We simply couldn't pay out several hundred pounds every 6 months on top of everything else.
I don't know many people that could. So was it wrong that we asked the council to help us? I don't think so, we were in genuine need as she is too.
what i was griping about was the OPs assumption that people are automatically entitled to them and there may be ways to skip the system by 'going homeless'
but as i said, i was having an off afternoon so feel free to ignore me anyway
..but, what would stop her from signing on to Job Seekers allowance and Housing Benefit and using that to get her own place?
It's not that simple. Private accommodation usually requires a deposit of one month's rent. Also, some landlords do not accept people on benefits.