cozzie livs crisis (housing specifically)

so, me and my partner currently live at my mothers house and are looking to move out. the council had told me it's a 3yr waiting list essentially and that's far too long for us to wait, we want to get on with our lives and start our own family properly. we were aware that it wasn't going to happen suddenly, we were banking on about a 12-18 months but being informed that it could be double that is breaking my heart. does anyone know any loopholes or other things we can try. it's a single income household earning 25k per annum like we cant afford private rent. just feeling a bit stuck :/

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The only way to get moved up the priority list would be to become homeless. The only way they'll accept that is if you can prove living there is hostile and not suitable for your family, or if your mother kicked you out, with signed letters and verbal confirmation during visits, and a date that you have to move out. Then you'll likely be in some uncomfortable emergency accommodation for a year depending on how quickly you can find somewhere to rent and where you're living. This is assuming you have a child, because you're on this app. You'd probably be in a hostel or shared house if you have no kids. A friend of mine got out of emergency accommodation and into a council flat after 6-9 months, and I'm still in mine after 6 months but hopefully I'll get something soon

Do you have any family that can provide childcare at low/no cost so that both of you can work? Alternatively if you get your mum to kick you out you can declare yourselves homeless which might bump you up the list for council accommodation, HOWEVER you may be stuck in temporary accommodation for a while if you go down this route.

Private rent?? Could you not get a job as well? Also what has this got to do with the cost of living crisis? You have somewhere to live…

@Scarlett it's about the cost of living crisis because it's about how expensive private rent is when combined with other essential costs such as bills and food, putting private renting out of the reach of many young families 🤷‍♀️

@Scarlett this has everything to do with the cost of living crisis. 25k used to be a liveable wage for families now it barely covers rent

@Sophie OP didn’t mention even considering private rent, just wanted a loophole to get a council house quicker.

@Cerys if it’s only a one income household, they would probably be entitled to UC and some housing support which could be used for private rent.

@Scarlett lol sorry for being broke and needing a house

@Scarlett at the end of the day, not everyone has daddy's trust fund. Some people grew up in impoverished households with no spare funds. Not everyone has had the privilege to go uni and score a high income job. People get put in positions of needing a home when they are still rising from the bottom. I.E in their career or just in their private life

@Scarlett she mentioned at the end of her post that she couldn't afford private rent

Yeh I’m one of them 🤣 I’m a single mum, private renting, working part time. I get support from UC to help with housing costs. If I didn’t have that then I wouldn’t be able to afford it. That’s why I mentioned private renting….. You aren’t going to be a priority on the council. Just like I wasn’t. So you either stay at your mums whilst you wait for a house or look for private renting. There are no loopholes to getting a house quicker than others who are generally in need

@Sophie but has she checked? Has she applied for UC to see what help she could get?? That’s what I did and my income is less than 25k

@Scarlett well maybe you could have suggested those things helpfully in your first comment rather than turning the whole thread into an argument! Remember this app is supposed to be about mums supporting each other 😊

@Sophie I did suggest private rent and for them to work 😂 I’m not arguing lol Not everyone fluffs up what they say I suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Scarlett no you just assumed that I dont even want to try and am trying to find an easy way out. not that i have to justify myself to you, my partner works and im a full time carer - so cannot work but as im with family i barely get any money so saving is next to impossible. we've explored our options but private rent just simply isn't affordable for us at this current time. we are extremely overcrowded and if you actually read what i said "any loopholes or other things we can try" not just trying to cheat the system. could just apply as a single mum being homeless which would be lying and trying to find cheats but ive been wholly truthful on my housing application and was merely asking people for advice, not to be made to feel like utter rubbish for reaching out for support.