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The unemployed parent said she wasn't paying rent for the five-bedroom 'mansion'
- Published: 21:00, 31 Jan 2025
A MUM-OF-EIGHT has travel nether occurrence for ''still moaning'' aft being fixed a five-bedroom spot by the council.
The TikToker, lone known arsenic @councilhouse65, claimed to beryllium ''homeless'' for 5 months earlier the council offered her the location for her household to unrecorded in.
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The mother-of-eight, from North East, explained that the assembly was renting the ''mansion'' arsenic a five-bedroom spot and besides charging the according rate.
However, she claimed successful a caller video, the two-floor spot lone had 4 bedrooms and the assembly was classing the eating country arsenic an further bedroom.
Dissatisfied with the conditions, she slammed the council, saying: ''I volition not beryllium utilizing the eating country arsenic a bedroom.
''Because each my children are of a young age and I privation to maximise the downstairs abstraction for them to beryllium and eat, bash their homework, play and ticker telly.
''Bedrooms are for sleeping. Yes, erstwhile my children turn and get a small spot older, I volition instrumentality that eating country distant and crook it into a 5th bedroom.
''But close now, we're going to maximise the surviving space.''
The unemployed mum besides explained wherefore she didn't person a job and was receiving benefits, including Universal Credit.
Universal Credit is a outgo to assistance with your living costs.
According to the Gov website, it's paid monthly - oregon doubly a period for immoderate radical in Scotland.
Households whitethorn beryllium entitled to it if they're connected a low income, retired of work or you cannot work.
I’m a mum of 2 and get a £1.7k Universal Credit payday each period radical hatred maine arsenic they enactment 40 hours a week for the same
''Who has the clip to enactment erstwhile you've got 8 kids? Not me, that's for sure,'' she deed backmost astatine the harsh trolls successful another video.
''So yes, Universal Credit volition beryllium paying each the rent connected this property maine and my children are surviving in.
''How beauteous of them,'' said the mum who couldn't incorporate the excitement astir the upcoming summer months she volition beryllium spending successful the monolithic garden with her brood.
''All the swimming pools that we volition beryllium capable to enactment in, bouncy castles, trampolines - you sanction it.''
How tin I get a assembly house?
To use for a council home, you request to capable retired and manus successful an exertion to your section authority.
To find your section authority, simply usage the Government's assembly locator instrumentality connected its website.
Once you person entree to your section council's website, it should connection you guidelines connected however to implicit your application.
After applying, you'll astir apt person to articulation a waiting list.
Bear successful mind, adjacent if you are enactment connected a waiting list, this doesn't warrant you a assembly location offer.
Your assembly should besides connection you proposal connected however to enactment successful your existent location and lick immoderate issues you mightiness have, specified arsenic problems with a private landlord or mortgage.
You are eligible to apply for assembly housing if you are a British national surviving successful the UK providing person not lived overseas recently.
Each assembly has its ain section rules astir who qualifies to spell connected the lodging registry successful its area, but it is based connected "points" oregon a "banding" system.
For example, you’re apt to beryllium offered lodging archetypal if you:
- are homeless
- live successful cramped conditions
- have a aesculapian information made worse by your existent home
- are seeking to flight home violence
Once you are precocious capable connected a council's waiting list, it volition interaction you erstwhile a spot is available.
Some councils fto radical use astatine the property of 18, portion others fto you use adjacent sooner astatine 16-year-olds.
EU workers and their families and refugees may besides beryllium eligible.
A council house is reached done a points system, truthful depending connected your lodging needs, you whitethorn beryllium considered debased priority.
The assembly volition interaction you astir immoderate available property once you are precocious capable connected the waiting list.
There is nary bounds connected however agelong you tin expect to beryllium connected the waiting list.
'Still complains'
Since sharing the videos connected societal media, the mum-of-eight has travel nether fire, with immoderate reasoning she should admit however ''lucky'' she is.
''Get 5 chamber location astatine reduced complaint and not having to prevention a deposit and inactive complains,'' wrote 1 person.
Another chimed in: ''Lucky to get a location that big. I've got to hold 8 positive years.''
''Children tin stock bedrooms,'' a 3rd pointed out.
But determination was besides tons of enactment by radical who were genuinely blessed for the mum of the mega family.
''aww bully luck hun, yet space! you'll person it vessel signifier successful nary clip & however fabulous is that outdoor space! I anticipation you person the champion clip doing it up and unrecorded happily ever after!'' a benignant spectator commented.
'I wouldn't beryllium blessed having younger children sleeping downstairs oregon being downstairs sleeping portion they're upstairs alone,'' idiosyncratic other thought.
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