Hi, my name is Levo! additional room needed for a disabled family member.

Levo

Jimm_Scope

Hi @Levo 😄What brings you to our community?

Levo

Hi I came across your web site as doing a search as I feel that disability is not being taken into account with Housing Ass Mutual Exchange and extra room for adult not being able to sleep in same room as partner and I just wanted to see if anybody else had any experience of dealing with this.

Jimm_Scope

We have a Housing category for people having issues related to Housing and disability here: https://forum.scope.org.uk/categories/housing-and-independent-living

You can make a discussion there, explaining your situation (don't reveal any personal information about yourself though!) and the issues you're facing and people can chime in with their experiences and advice! 😃

WhatThe

Hi Levo, are you trying to swap with an allocated spare room or seeking to upsize to meet your needs?

Levo

As a additional room for a disabled family member who are a couple but can’t sleep in same room

poppy123456

There's no automatic entitlement to this and not all social housing landlords will allow and extra bedroom for this. It will depend on the rules of your LA.

WhatThe

Do you currently have the additional room I'm asking? Sorry I wasn't clear.

Levo

It’s for a mutual exchange on a I wanted to move into and it’s got an extra room we want to use due to disability

WhatThe

Do you currently have a spare room where you live now?