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Looking for Assisted Living for Young Adult with Physical Disabilities in EU
Hi everyone, I’m helping a 30-year-old woman, Victoria, who is physically disabled and uses a wheelchair. She currently lives in Bulgaria, but we’re looking for options across the EU where she could move to a facility that provides good support and community for someone with her needs. Bulgaria isn’t very accessible for…
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Sorry been quiet but.....
Hi all sorry been quiet not been well but I bring news I have been invited to view a bungalow on Monday by council woohoo!! One bedroom with wet room newly decorated and carpeted huge bonus. They say once I view and accept they will do a legionella flush before I can sign tenancy so not sure how long that process is. Has…
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Housing benefit or UC
hi all I’m confused about what will happen. Currently IR ESA support group and PIP enhanced both. I live with my dad, he’s in a council property. I’m named on the tenancy and HB. If I were to move would I be able to claim HB (same council borough but private landlord) or will I have to move to UC. I don’t really want to…
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Housing Benefit Review
I get esa, pip and hb. My last review resulted in them suspending my hb as I couldn't prove that my cash withdrawls were for daily living. They accused me of having another account to live on, I didn't. Any benefits have always been paid into the only account I had at that time. Fast forward to this review and I also have…
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Hi, my name is DragonFairy48! Where should I buy an all terrain wheelchair from?
Good evening everyone! I hope everyone's start to the week.is going well so far! I wonder if anyone has some advice please? I have severe osteoarthritis and getting around, coping with everyday tasks is proving to be extremely difficult & pain levels are horrendous. I was referred to wheelchair services but my nurse phoned…
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Issues Accessing Personal Budget - Your Experience? Any Success? Advice and Support Please!
Hello , So Personal Care, Health Budget or Integrated Budget via Direct Payment - Has anyone actually achieved this holy grail? OR Are you in the same boat and having endless issues accessing a Personal Budget? Please read My Experience below and share yours but, PLEASE ONLY SHARE organisations you or close friends and…
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Hi, my name is hanek! How do I get on the housing list in London?
Great to find this site.
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I need an extra bedroom for my disabled daughter
hi I need help to try get an extra bedroom as I live with my 2 daughter who are 7 and 15 my 7 year old has ADHD and is not sleeping til early hours in the morning so my eldest daughter is suffering as she can’t go to bed til my youngest is asleep she gets high rate DLA and low rate care I’ve sent proof of her DLA to the…
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housing. benifit allowance for 2 bed. property
HI ALL Hope your all keeping well?
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Received housing benefit letter
This discussion was created from comments split from: Housing Benefit Review.
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Housing benefit and pip.
Hi everyone, thanks in advance for any help. I have recently been awarded pip, standard mobility. Does this mean my housing benefit will increase. I'm getting legacy esa , wrag group and I'm currently affected by the benefits cap, which means i get about £300 a month less than the LHA rate. Will this change with my pip…
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Now medical
Good afternoon all, JuJust wondering if anyone has had any dealings with these guys, how long they take? Positive/negative outcomes. IIm a bundle of anxiety & stress trying to sort our housing business out & just seem to spend time waiting. AAny advice greatly received.
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Hi, my name is mbyatt! How do I go about having a disabled ramp removed?
Hi I wonder if anyone could help me. I’ve just moved into my father’s home after I inherited it and it has a disabled ramp. I would like it removed. How do I go about this? TIA
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Social housing officer and social media
So I am being told by multiple neighbours that my housing officer for my housing association has seen my videos on social media where I lost DIY and upcycling tutorials and will be coming round to have words with me because in a video showing how to decorate a wall I showed how to remove a radiator and apparently I wasn't…
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GP are saying they can't back up my medical needs for housing support letter?
I have been put into an unsuitable property by my council after being homeless. One of the most obvious things making it unsuitable is the location- it's out of the catchment area of my GP and my medical care is so complex I can't disrupt it for the forseeable future by moving GP, and I also need to be abke to get to my GP…
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Council Tax Reduction
Hi all, There is a (very slim!) chance that I may have found a suitable property to move to. It is a bit larger than I really need, but has the fundamental elements that I need in a property now. It is 3 tax bands higher than my current property. I'm just wondering if the council could refuse CTR based on property size at…
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home adaptations
hi, everyone. i’m hoping to get some advice by my recent experience with the council following moving homes. i just got a response after i submitted an application to have a dishwasher installed in my new kitchen. i included letters from my doctor, but even though i was told by a council employee that i need an OT…
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Hi, my name is ash_gds19! Need help with temp housing due to bullying in supported living.
I’m currently stuck in a repeating nightmare…. first hello, I am a 19 year old and this may need a slight trigger warning about some of my topics/// I was 18 when I moved into supported living from my own flat. At the time I was struggling with a lot of different things and substance issues and believed a 24 hour staff…
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Help needed
I'm in need of a new king size bed with drawers and orthopaedic mattress. I believe DWP used to have a place that dealt with items like this as my old one now has reached its end of life and causing me back issues and others. Any ideas as on PIP and the wife has spinal issues
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Council are only offering me flats and not houses
Hello. I registered with the council back in April 2023. I have a number different health issues and receive hight pip allowance. After input from my GP and psychologist The council have acknowledged that I require a 2 bedroom property as I require daily and regular overnight care and for the last 3 months it has been…
