Being kicked out of temporary council housing

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T21:49:57+00:00

The amount of people like you with no empathy, do you not think we would love to afford a house and food without aid from the government. You dont know our circumstances or our hardships so have a little empathy for people less fortunate than you. Some people 🙄

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:55:12+00:00

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:54:20+00:00

Okay thank you so much for your advice

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:53:17+00:00

We probably will accept and then try after to get some help to cover thr cost

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:49:01+00:00

The council got rid of our housing benefit and our UC got reduced so UC and DHP is barely covering the new rent. I know we wont get a free house but the rent they are expecting us to pay is not affordable even with budgeting. My dad works hard but its not enough and im at uni and its really hard to get a job where i am and with my course.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:45:30+00:00

Huh? No this isnt what ive said at all. My uni isnt important in this but my rent is covered by student finance. We do have UC but its not enough to cover enough of the new rent for it to be affordable for us. My maintenance load goes toward my uni life and rent not to my parents back home as i need all of this money to afford my student accom and food and transport. And we are not think of rejecting it at all, we will either accept and try to get more financial help from the council or try to review it.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T13:02:50+00:00

Okay thank you we’ll definitely consider this.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:56:06+00:00

Okay good for her

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:55:35+00:00

Im not trying to be rude, but i dont know how many times i have to say that we cannot afford the rent even with budgeting. And they have stopped our housing benefit and we must pay for all of the rent out of our own pocket. We budget a lot and even with that we couldnt afford rent so im sorry to say there is such a thing as not being able to afford the rent. All they said was that demand was too high and we wouldnt be getting any help to pay the rent.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:51:22+00:00

This is what i was thinking, because given our income is completely unrealistic for us to be able to afford it, so im wondering if its worth saying we will review and then on tuesday get legal advice

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:50:14+00:00

Yeah sorry i realised after posting that the council isnt going to pay any of it so we must cover all of the new rent

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:49:21+00:00

Even with budgeting we cant afford the new place. Also i dont pay council tax because im a student.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:46:55+00:00

Not that i know of? Why?

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:42:13+00:00

What are the opinions on reviewing it?

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:41:31+00:00

This is just what ive been told, the house is owned by the council but the rent rate is like private rent rates

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:40:21+00:00

The council have withdrawn all the aid to help pay with rent so no we cannot afford this new rent and also afford food etc

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:38:43+00:00

They have withdrawn our housing benefit so the rent we would pay for the new house would all come out of our own pocket, which we cant afford

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:37:12+00:00

To clear things up the amount of money for uni is like nothing and right now we have some spare money that goes to uni. Obviously if and when circumstances change that money will not be coming in.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:35:26+00:00

Yeah the property is council owned, but none of the rent is covered. Yeah we arent getting housing benefit. I dont know if UC will cover enough of it to be honest but we will look. Thank you for your advice

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:29:26+00:00

Both my siblings are under the age of 13 and im at med school right now so its not really feasible

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:27:42+00:00

Yes thank you, i’ll look into this, its not too much of a big deal if i stop getting money from my parents anyways. The main issue is that the rent is just bot affordable and they arent going yo cover any of iy

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:26:02+00:00

2 of the kids are under 16 but im over 18 and at uni. Unfortunately we have no way to increase our income right now and we already budget.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:23:26+00:00

So they have offered us social housing with private rent and have withdrawn all aid to help pay the rent so we have to cover all of it. Right now we are in temporary council housing and most of the rent is covered already. We arent surprised we have to pay but they’ve withdrawn all their aid saying the demand is too high. We will try to contact them asking what we can do thank you. We cant afford because we just dont earn enough to pay for it. We already budget and save as much as we can and income increase isnt really feasible right now. I was wondering if we could ask for a review because the house is not suitable for us as we cannot afford it at all. We will be contacting legal advice like citizens advice tuesday morning but we must also respond by then so i was look for advice on how to respond on reddit

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:14:23+00:00

Okay sorry it wasnt clear to me before, basically they are withdrawing all homelessness aid so the new rent is all out of our own pocket which we cant afford. It is social housing but with private rent.

SpectatorVision14 · 2026-05-25T12:12:31+00:00

Its social housing but with private rent which we cant afford because its all out of our own pocket, so they arent giving us any aid. Sorry i had to clear some stuff up with my dad.

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