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

Levo
Levo Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
edited June 2024 in Housing and independent living

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  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,686 Championing

    Hi @Levo 😄What brings you to our community?

  • Levo
    Levo Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    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_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,686 Championing

    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
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,173 Championing

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

  • Levo
    Levo Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

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

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing

    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
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,173 Championing

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

  • Levo
    Levo Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    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
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,173 Championing
    edited June 2024

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

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