ask for advice with bidding for council property

absily

hello, my name is abdulsalam, i am dissable with high dessabilty , im getting the PIP and benefite from UC, my brother is my carer .im living in 2 bedroom house ,my borothers family move to the UK to live with us,we reported the council about this change .when the family arrived, the counil informed us that the property is addabted to me and its over crowded , because of that family will join the system of housing which move to hostel or hotel till the council find close house to mine, its imppossible to be separated to my brother and live alone because of my circumanctances and dissability.  we asked to be in the same property, so depend on our dessicion the council change the family band from band 1 to band 5 and then to band 2 which is higter as aresult of my dissabilty. The NHS came to see my property and told us its not accessebile or soutiable for my special dissability. five people including me are sharing the house,we have been bidding for months and nothing new yet. i really need your advice or help to speed up the bidding results or process.

janer1967

Hi and welcome unfortunately there is nothing more I think you can do if you have been assessed and are on a higher band due to your disability it's just a matter of keeping bidding 

Due to lack of social housing there are long waiting times for suitable housing I had to wait a year before I got suitable housing for my disability 

O wish you luck could the family private rent 

absily

Thank you Janer for qukly replay 

chiarieds

Hi @absily - I don't know if this might help, but you might also look at housing associations. Please see: https://www.gov.uk/housing-association-homes   and https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/council_housing_association/how_to_get_a_housing_association_home    Unfortunately housing association properties also have a long waiting list, but perhaps also worth considering.

absily

Thank you @chiarieds

chiarieds

You are most welcome @absily

poppy123456

HI,

The only issue with housing associations/councils is that if you're looking for a completelty different area, you must have a local conntection to that area otherwise they won't house you.