There is a general belief that young girls have a child in the hope of receiving a council house.
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26 comments:
i think that it is very unfair of people to say that, i cant believe that young people would have a baby just to get a flat
There is a general feeling amongst young teens that if you have a baby you automatically get put into council property. Has anyone got views on this, or have any experience of this???
we would like to thank you for your comments. from all of us at young parents.
im appaulled that young girls are having babies jus for the flats and the benifits! what ever happened to security from the beginning of the childs life and planning ahead
*s*
what does everyone think of the bidding scheme
i have been bidding for a two bedroom property for just over two years but i dont seem to be getting anywhere.
dont have a baby just to get a council flat have a baby to become a mum when the time is rite for you
from leigh a young parent
a baby is not a key to a council flat.
A council flat should not be your priority if you are a teenager you need to be settled in your life before even considering having babies.
i think that sevral young girls perticuraly in newham have a lack of role models therefor there expectations in life are not so great
im still bidding but i seem to be dropping down the list rather than moving up is there any hope of me getting a council house.
xxxxxxxx leigh 18 xxxxxxxxxxxx
is anybody else bidding if so let me no how you are finding it because i want to know of its only me having a dsiaster with it
*** thanks***
xxxxxx leigh xxxxxx
hi
i am 18 and live in council accomadation i have a 1 yr old boi and me my boyfriend and baby share a one bedroom flat that is in a tower block on the 9th floor next to west ham football ground. the bedroom is way too small for 3 people and when the football matches are on i cant even hear my tv so who knows what it is doing to my sons ears.
i have been told to bid to get moved but i have been biding for ages now and i still havent moved yet.
emma
i think we need more advice on how to get a council flat, maybe someone out there knows the process and can offer further advice to us, if you do please respond
Hi Emma,
I came across this on the back of my rent book.
'Under the 1985 Housing Act, the Council has a legal duty to inform you of the Permitted number of persons applicable to your dwelling. (Children under 10 count as half an adult, but babies up to 1 year old are excluded). Your dwelling is also overcrowded if people of opposite sexes aged over 10 have to share a bedroom, where they are not living as husband and wife. If you were not overcrowded when you moved in, but are now, because of n ew members of the household, or because your children are older, you must noticy the Council by contacting a Local Service Centre.
I suppose that when your child is 2 things may progress more for you when bidding. From my own experience I can tell you that it helps if you are not in any form of rent arrears. If you bid and are given a position number you should be given priority over the person who owes more than you even if they are higher up the queue.
You also have to remember that with all the blocks that are coming down in Canning Town and Stratford, places need to be found for those tenants. They are the ones who are marked as 'DECANT'
On the site!!! and they get the first offer on the best places regardless of the time others have spent on the list. Not fair I know but its the way things are at the moment.
Jules
you seem to let us know more about the councli than thay do themselfs i think we should make the best of are situations and anything else will be a bonus lol
leigh
I am not a teen parent but i am a teenager and my opinion on teenage girls getting pregnant and demanding a flat is disgusting because i think girls should be settled down with money for the child and a house,boyfriend,so the children have both parents to gide them threw life to do right and not wrong.
i am not a teen parent but i am a teenager, and i think the amout of girls my age having babies is disgusting! i think they are throwing their lives away to have a council flat, you might think yeah i am goin to have my own house with my boyfriend and my child but it's not a easier as you think most of the dads don't stick by you anyway they just want to get in every girls nickers and even if they do stay by you they are not faithful anyway! and i think your just throwin your life away. and also you don't socilise alot with your friends because your to busy looking after a baby, like if your mates ask you to cum out its not easy because you have to find a babysitter and might not have enough money because you have'nt got a job. my opinion is to girls if you want to get plesure wear a condom they wernt made for nothing and your throwin your life away!!!
responce
Thanks for your comments(teenage girls without babies)
wow you seem to fell very strongly about young men! and seem like you expect alot from life which is a positive thing.
But being a young parent isn't so bad im a young mum still with the dad and i get alot of joy from having my own family,yeah i don't get to go out with mates alot but i would much rather have my family and see my mates occasionaly.
i think that you girls are going to go far in life you seem to be very motivated.
keep sharing your oppinions we do vale them
i think it is bad that young girls are having babies to get flats.
this is a horible thing for the child to find out when it is older.
sinead 15
i am on the rent and diposit scheme. this means i am in a privertly rented house and housing bennifit pay my rent which is great.
but
the rent on my house is redicously high i will never be able toafford it so it is setting me back frim going out to work .
it looks like i will be here for a few more years atleast i thnk the only way i will be able to get a council house is when my land lord wants the property back. i do like my house alot but i would never be able to buy it whereas if i get a council place i may be able to eventualy buy it one daay.
leigh x
even though im a child ive heard that its very hard to get even a two bedroom flat in these's days think its because of the olmypics
yeah i think that the olympics have made it harder to house people
hey im 13 and im pregnant dont think of me as anything it wasnt planned but i cant stay at my mums otherwise ill be stuck in a tiny little room with no room what so ever but im not sure how old you have to be 2 get a council house my boy friend is 17 in a week but i didnt no if i could put the house in his name and live with him? if you no could you tell me please xx cheers
Not being funny or anything but your better off at your mums. If you and him have a fall out and he chucks you out what u going 2 do?
Take time, at least u got your mum 2 do the baby sitting!
some people are saying its appauling.. wake up.. quite a few girls from my skwl have had a baby in order to claim benefits and get a house which they share with their lad. But tbh at least their facing their responsibilites. evry tym i see them their kids aree imacculate and well behaved. me &+ my bf have already decided that we are going to save up.. get a deposit on a 2 bedroom flat and then try 4 a baby.. well before im 20! Some ppl arr thinkin she needs to wake up 2 reality! buh ive had finacial advice and such &+ its possible. teenage mums cant afford to let a flat privately.. so far its been £500+ a month without the agent fees for me.. no way cud a teenage mum who isnt working pay that even if the lad was working.. so many people are quick to judge young paretns about getting council houses yet they never comment those who are jst plain lazy and have been in a council house 4 20+ years. my cuzins 18 n has a 2 yr old lil girl called shannon and her and her boyfriend have recently just bought a 2 bed semi house. they started in a council house buh they are proof that not all teens are lazy! give them time.
Luciee xxx
I do not agree with these comments, I am a teenager that is pregnant and am not going to live in a council house and never got pregnant to live in a council house!
So I think that these people should get their facts straight before accusing all teenage parents of doing it this.
Ok, Lets face it. Some teenagers do get pregnant just to get themselves a flat, but what about the ones that dont do it for that?? Or the accidents that happen?? Yopu cant catagorise every teenager that gets pregnant.
Im 17 and 5 months pregnant, and it is so hard to ind somewhere to live! Its ridiculous! Im not saying it should be just offered, but there could at least be more help for us....Some people just don't understand
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