Where can we live?

richardcharles

Hi, my wife and I have been renting a house privately for 10 years with no problems at all. Sadly, our landlord has recently passed away and the house has to be sold. I am 68 and my wife is 72 and disabled. The council will only offer us one bedroom accommodation. We have a weekend respite carer and we have a cat. I am a keen gardener, and this is the only thing that keeps me going at the moment. 
With our pensions and a token help from housing benefit we can afford to rent privately and have in fact just found the ideal house. The landlord was fine about our situation and everything was going ahead. We have just received a call from him to say that he has been told he would have to pay for any alterations or adaptations we ask for, if my wife needs it, so he won't rent to us. 
If this is correct then how will any disabled person ever rent a home? 

janer1967

Hi there 

Sorry to hear about your housing situation 

It depends what sort of adaptions are required 

Maybe there are properties already suitable 

You might get lucky and they find a buyer who will buy with you as sitting tenants have a word with the estate agency selling the property you are renting 

richardcharles

We don't need any adaptions and wouldn't ask for them if we did. He won't rent to us just in case we do! As for our present house, if it was sold buy to let, it would be far too expensive for us now as our rent has been very reasonable as we have been improving the house and gardens over the years.

janer1967

Maybe refer yourselves for a care needs assessment on gov website 

Ot will come and assess your housing needs and do report which will be sent to council and they may recommend an additional room is needed 

The council will then change what you can apply for