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Accessible housing for disabled home-seekers
Disabled and older people can find wheelchair user homes for rent more swiftly thanks to a strengthened search function on England’s dedicated accessible housing portal, Accessible NOW. The site boasts key information that other property portals may not have, including accessibility features like wet rooms, step-free…
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Help please to avoid unfair credit check issues and/or smart meters when switching energy providers
I am recovering from cancer and I need to switch energy provider and have two issues. One is that I don't want, for personal health reasons' smart meter which uses WIFI. E.on accept I don't have to have one ( despite wha tit says on their terms and conditions but do insist on a credit check. I have eno credit issues and no…
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Pest control rules for HA
Hello, I have provided numerous evidence for pest such as wasps and rats with picture of possible nests, roaming rats videos, dead rat and food pictures in gardens along with broken rat traps. This is making a massive issue to navigate as i have to go past these things with my puppy and im worried about disease and its…
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Unsuitable recomended adaptation
Hi back in may this year i had an OT visit my home for an adaptatiin of a ground floor shower room/ wet room im relyent on my wheelchair due to savear mobility issues and outher complex needs i have nowere adiquate to bath in my home the upstairs bathroom needs to stay as it is for my full time carer / daughter and her 2…
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Help with housing, council seem to not have any sense of urgency
hello I’m new here Basically trying to keep this short Myself and my partner where private renting We approached the council for help with accommodation due to my partner’s disabilities becoming worse and I had to stop working to care for her full time, they put us in temporary accommodation and have just accepted full…
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Hi, my name is tinaub! Could my friend bid for over 55 bungalows even though she is 33?
Hi I have a friend in a refuge. She has been there for 18 months. She is 33 and has to have a hysterectomy soon due to gynecological issues.There were four of us in the refuge, two of us have got houses and one is going to be rehoused soon. Consequently ' Jane's ' mental state had gone down significantly thinking she will…
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Asking for 2nd bedroom for equipment
I have been denied a second bedroom with my council I am in band B one of the highest and I’m a wheelchair user I have FND and I am writing a challenge email to see if they will accept this I feel as if they have dismissed me even when I already submitted my medical evidence and in this really long email plus all the…
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Moving home
Hi I was wondering if anyone can help .. me and my husband are currently on uc and moving I with my daughter we only need to change our address as we won't be paying rent and won't need the housing element part .. my question is how do I prove the new address as we won't have a tenancy agreement or utility bills we also…
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Help moving home
Is there any help to pay for removal and or legal costs for the disabled on Pension and PIP?
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DFG for loft conversion - anybody been in a similar position?
We are currently looking at ways to adapt our house and to make it more suitable for our daughter’s needs. She is autistic, nonverbal and has GDD. We are in a 3 bedroom house where my husband and I share a bedroom, our daughters share a bedroom and our third bedroom is used as my husband’s office. When our youngest…
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Hi, my name is honestjock! Service Charge help - LWRCA and PIP
can i get help with service charge i have to pay on top of my rent if i am recieving lwrca and pip?
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POWER CHAIR v MOBILITY SCOOTER?
Hi new here, in Scotland, just joined. Currently use a mobility scooter, it's fast and solid and great on the hilly streets here - but I'm just not liking it at all. Very big and cumbersome and I feel like I'm driving a tank. I was looking at power chairs and think they''d be a lot easier to manoeuvre on a busy street full…
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Hi, my name is kari. Temporarily housed but it's unsuitable for my Autistic son, what can I do?
Hii, I have seperated from my husband in May 2025 because of domestic violance. I use to live in small house with his family,his brother his wife, mother in law and another brother in law who is not married. My son have Autism. Council gave me house but its not suitable for my son.its 1 bedroom house. This is temporary…
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Disabled Facilities grant - bathroom question
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. My son had an accessible bathroom fitted about 10 years ago. He had a very good shower fitted..one of the most expensive kind. But now this shower needs replacing. I'm just wondering...does he need to pay for the replacement? Or could he get a grant to replace it? He only has his…
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I've just been served a section 21 and 48 :(
Hello all, I've been served a Section 21 and 48, after living in the same home for 9 years. The landlord has decided to sell the property and I must move out in 2 months. My head is all over the place as i'm disabled, live alone and have don't have anyone to turn to. I don't have big savings and I cannot work due to my…
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Too young for Bungalow
Hi I have severe emphysema . I have frequent escerbation due to damp. OT has said I need adapted living and to be rehoused. They wont move to 2 bed house as they say its unsuitable so a flat. yet many flats arent suitable either. I have a 12 yr old complex needs boy too. only adapted I can see to bid on they say im too…
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Hi, my name is davina321! damp and mold issues.
hi I’ve suffered from severe anxiety for abot 24 years the doctors gave me diazepam for 12 years then a few months later my father died them a month later my partner as if that wasn’t bad enough my mum passed away a year later since then I’ve never been the same my anxiety was extreme as I’d pass out I’ve not left the…
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Private Occupational Therapy Housing Assessment?
I have applied to get on the housing register for an adapted council property. Been waiting for my application to be approved (just to get onto the register to be able to bid) for 6 months. They now say I need an OT Housing Assessment and Report and it could be up to a year to have that done. Has anyone used a private OT…
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Any information on autism, future housing options
Hi Im new to this site I am aparent of a 35+ son who has autism. Any information on autism, future housing options for him will be appreciated.
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The failing of the vulnerable in housing needs and support
0n the 15th May 2025 I suffered a devastating fire at home. It resulted in 2 windows blown out ad boarded up and the rest of the windows at the back of the house with large cracks in the glass. The property suffered with destroyed gutter.Fascias and loft damage. The fencing and garden damage all burned to the ground and…
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RIP OFF Mobility scooter suppliiers greenpower mobility Stockton on Tees
I bought a brand new mobility scooter costing £3150 I could not get on with the scooter and gave me chronic back ache so after 5 days I returned the scooter with 12 miles on the clock. I returned this well within the 14 days cooling off period. After the scooter was returned I had a phone call from Green power mobility…
