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newborn said: Be realistic and plan to make the best of what you have, because it is virtually impossible you will get even more. Millions are homeless and millions more arrive every year, so your expectations must be modified, to being thankful you have a roof of any kind, let alone one with more than one room.
Kimmy87 said: Generally within council housing the NRP wouldn't be entitled to anything other than a one bed, because the children are already classed as adequately housed with the resident parent. And there are families with resident children deemed to be in greater need of bigger properties. Either due to the age/gender of children or because that family is living in homeless or temporary accommodation. No harm in looking at your local authorities policy, but it's doubtful. A Housing Association instead of council may be worth investigating, sometimes they are less strict with policy. You could also look at an exchange to a larger one bed council flat, which would give you a little more flexibility in terms of sleeping arrangements.
Sean4w said: Kimmy87 said: Generally within council housing the NRP wouldn't be entitled to anything other than a one bed, because the children are already classed as adequately housed with the resident parent. And there are families with resident children deemed to be in greater need of bigger properties. Either due to the age/gender of children or because that family is living in homeless or temporary accommodation. No harm in looking at your local authorities policy, but it's doubtful. A Housing Association instead of council may be worth investigating, sometimes they are less strict with policy. You could also look at an exchange to a larger one bed council flat, which would give you a little more flexibility in terms of sleeping arrangements. Thats exactly why i need a bigger space, im also disabled so its difficult to sleep on the sofa, and my kids are different genders getting to the age of puberty, so these are my reasons, if they need seperate bedrooms on their main house, they need it with my home too, its 3 days a week.
poppy123456 said: Sean4w said: Kimmy87 said: Generally within council housing the NRP wouldn't be entitled to anything other than a one bed, because the children are already classed as adequately housed with the resident parent. And there are families with resident children deemed to be in greater need of bigger properties. Either due to the age/gender of children or because that family is living in homeless or temporary accommodation. No harm in looking at your local authorities policy, but it's doubtful. A Housing Association instead of council may be worth investigating, sometimes they are less strict with policy. You could also look at an exchange to a larger one bed council flat, which would give you a little more flexibility in terms of sleeping arrangements. Thats exactly why i need a bigger space, im also disabled so its difficult to sleep on the sofa, and my kids are different genders getting to the age of puberty, so these are my reasons, if they need seperate bedrooms on their main house, they need it with my home too, its 3 days a week. Even having them for 3 days a week i think you'll struggle to get a place with more bedrooms from social or council housing because you're not the resident parent. You can of course privately rent and have as many bedrooms as you want but you'll need to pay the shortfall of rent yourself.
poppy123456 said: The only problem with privately renting is that it’s more expensive than council or social housing. LHA for most areas doesn’t cover the whole rent. You will only be entitled to shared rate unless you have a PIP daily living award and then it would be 1 bedroom rate. You can check the rates for the areas you want here https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/
poppy123456 said: That may not apply if you move house now. The reason it applied at the time was because you were leaving care.May I ask if you’re privately renting now or living in social housing?
poppy123456 said: Then the local housing allowance doesn’t apply. It only applies for those that are privately renting. If you have spare bedrooms then the bedroom tax will apply. (I know you don’t have spare bedrooms) If you move to privately rented property then the LHA will apply and you’ll only be entitled to the shared rate. Unless you have a PIP daily living award because you’re under 35.
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Sean4w said: poppy123456 said: Then the local housing allowance doesn’t apply. It only applies for those that are privately renting. If you have spare bedrooms then the bedroom tax will apply. (I know you don’t have spare bedrooms) If you move to privately rented property then the LHA will apply and you’ll only be entitled to the shared rate. Unless you have a PIP daily living award because you’re under 35. Your wrong, i have had multiple properties with the council because of my time in care, it doesn't matter if im okay now, i confirmed with the housing office. Please do your research, this isn't what i was asking. Im goign to believe them over someone on a forum. You can close this thread now.
Local housing allowance (LHA) is not a separate benefit.
Your LHA rate affects how much help you get when renting from a private landlord.
It is used to work out both:
housing benefit
universal credit housing element
The value must be greater than or equal to 1.
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