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Okay just curious but say someone wanted to move out when they turned 16 and are still in school who would they have to get in contact with (obviously the local council) but what part of the council and also what benifits are on offer for a 16yr old who is still in school living on his own?
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Housing is allocated by a points system (Again this might be diff in England). Depending on your circumstances you get certain points. (Eg overcrowding, pregnancy, ill health) These points allow you to climb a ladder and once you are at the top of the ladder you get a property offered to you.
Be careful though. If you refuse the property then you will get buped back down the ladder and start again.
They maybe a lil bit slow but its worth it.
Cearful though.. these housing people tend to stick you in shit holes. I know one of my mates went though a housing agency because he had problems at home the place he want was a right shit hole, right scummy people as well... you know the type.
sounds lovely:rolleyes:
i got a month to wait and ill be glad to get outa here,
Oh fuck, are they poor?
the majority of scummy people are poor..i though anyway
I dunno, most are criminals and junkies though.
But are they poor because they are criminals/junkies or are they criminals/junkies because they are poor.
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If you can wait RB then it is worth hanging on. Don't take the first one they offer you (Unless it is of course somewhere smart) You will eventually get something that will be acceptable.
The problem you might find is that if you accept the first place (and it is a run down hole with rising damp and junkies for neighbours) then this may not help you out of your depression. Infact will probably make it alot worse.
Also what type ofg benifits would be on offer?
im thinking if im still seeing a councillor and on anti depressents would i be able to claim DLA? but what other benifits are on offer?
I dunno, I don't tend to hang out with those sorts of people.
Rudeboy you might be higher up on the list because of your mental health problems. When you apply to go on the council house list, you will be given a whole lot of questions to fill in. If you say youll live ANYWHERE then theyre likely to house you quicker. If you are picky about what you will or wont accept, then you could be waiting a long time. They may even put you into temporary accomodation first. I think speaking to connexions is a good idea, or the citizens advice bureau. Council places arent the only places available though. You could find a privatly rented bedsit and just get housing benefit to pay the rent, you may well find that quicker than waiting for the council to house you.
Im not 100% sure about braintree councils policy on benefits for those in full time education. I know I managed to get benefits and go to college. You might just have to pretend to the DSS that youd be willing to give up college if a job came along, I cant remember exactly what I did, as it was 11 years ago. The basic fact is, they cant let you starve.
I so didnt know i could do that! What department do you think i'd need to speck to to sort out housing benifit?
As i have found a few places i ouldnt mind living in i just cant afford them. they are like £120 a week, but i have to stay local to my family cos of my sister which is why its so expencive.
I'm getting a job but its not been finalised yet. and i know that i wont be paid enough a week to pay that rent but would i beable to get houseing bennifits? I'm 17 btw and my rents have told me they cant live with me anymore. so thats why im moving out, not just cos i feel like it.
Different areas have different policies, and if all the accomodation in your area is expensive and you have a special reason to want to live there (eg family ties) then they are more liklely to pay that much rent for you, whereas in my area that would probably be seen as excessive rent.
look in your local paper for houseshares and bedsits, or you can even ask the council for a list of privatly rented places that accept housing benefit. Its probably cheaper doing it that way than going through an agency.
Depression is not a disability.
It's funny round here you cant get council housing under 18 unless your like a parent n stuff, my mate had problems at home at 16 and wanted to move out and they said she couldnt unless she went into foster care until she was 18.
Round here it is pointless trying to get any kind of council / housing association housing. Your best bet for a quick fix is to find a bedsit or studio flat, the only problem with that is raising the money for the deposit, and then you have to sit and wait for the housing benefit peeps to get their bum into gear with paying the rent.
Maybe the local YMCA would be able to help? I know they do offer emergency short term and long term accomodation help for under 24's.
when i was 16 and first got diagnosed i was a bitch on a stick, and told the therapist i would rather die than live at home anymore.
they told me that if i wasn't prepared to live at home, they could move me into a secure institution. a nut home, basically.
my only experience with young people getting council houses is my brother's best friend. he was kicked out of his house at 14, lived on the streets for a while, got taken into some kind of hostel, and put on the housing list. the flat he got was hell. absolute hell. it was a one-roomed flat in the most horrid part of leeds. he got broken into nearly every week, beaten up, knifed, some guy threatened to kill him... in the end my mum offered him a room in our house, cause she was scared he was going to be killed. he lived with us for about 6 months.
i'd say stay at home for as long as you can.
I moved out of home when I was 17, not to my own place though.
It's a lot harder living independently than people think.
I agree - it seems like a good idea till you realise how good you had it in the first place. Nowadays moving out, getting into debt and having shite credit is much worse than a few more years where you are. If you are serious why not try and do it properly - get a job, find a good mate with a job and move out.
i left home at 21.
why?
free rent, free food, minimal housework, free houshold items, no council tax, no utility bills, free phone line, free internet, free tv, support to carry on into higher and further education, free use of family car. when something broke, it got fixed.
my parent's house isn't a mansion or owt, but it's clean and it's secure, and it's a hell of a lot better than anything i could have found at that age.
it took till i was 24 to buy my own house.