little*red
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hey girls
sorry just need to rant about my stupid blinking council !!!!
ok so here goes.
I found out i was pregnant back in july, and as my oh and i live in a one bedroom flat we decided to apply to the council for a two bedroom house/flat. in handed in the application in august 1st, i only received the letter to say we had been put on the waiting list last monday (16th oct) so it has already taken them 2 1/2 months to put us on the waiting list . anyway, our housing system is based on points (i.e you get points if your overcrowded,homeless,sharing facilities etc) and we got told that we had 0 points. So basically the letter said that yes you are on the waiting list but anyone who has even 1 point will be given priority over you!!!
So being really mad at this my oh and i went over to our local council office and demanded to speak to the cheif of housing (we were told he was extremely busy and fobbed off with some other guy) so we spoke to him and he basically said we couldnt get anymore points until the baby is born and even when it is we will only be giving 5 points!!!!
So not happy with this we went down to the housing allocations office and were told no-one was in the office (all at a meeting apparently) so we made and appointment to come back at 3 o clock. during that time we went to see our local MP at her weekly surgery and told her our concerns, she said she would try and set up a meeting with the chief housing guy for us. so happy with that we went on our way to our 3 oclock appointment.
We reached the HA office at 2.50pm and reported to reception. by 2.15pm we still had not be seen to, so we asked the receptionist to phone the department again. By 3.35pm we had still not been seen to, and the receptionist had phoned the department 4 times and each time told someone would be down. Eventually my OH had to call the department himself and say "we had an appointment for 3 we are down in reception why is no-one coming down?". 5 min later a woman came down and told us that it was the receptionists fault because she had'nt called WTF!!!! Anyway we were also basically told in that meeting that we would have to have the baby first to be considered for a move and that they didnt know how long it could be before they could move us even when the baby was born!!!!!!!
Im so f**ked off right now as where we live is a complete hell hole! we live in a multi-storey flat with all the scum of the earth, and we are constanly complaining about anti-social behaviour. We have two extremely problem neighbours, (our house is 2A, they live at 2B & 2C) and they make our life a misery with their constant shouting,banging,music playing, fighting, setting fires in the hall.
And today took the biscuit!
as its a multi-sorey builing we have a concergie. today the people from 2c were making a right racket in the hallway, when we look out the peep-hole there were a group of about 6 people sitting on Chairs in our landing!!!!!! so we phoned the concergie to try to get him to move tham on. at first he said that he wouldnt do it, but then 2 min later he was in our hall telling them to clear off, however the second he told them to move, he banged on our door in full view of these people and said the my OH, "thats me moved tham on for you"!!!! I mean what a fucking idiot! so now those pepole know we have been complaining about them.
ARGH. im just fed up living in this shit hole and nobody is helping us. i don't want to bring my baby back here but i have no other choice. i also dont want to be moving house just after having a baby and having to decorate too. the stress isnt helping me during this pregnancy and my OH is constantly worried about me when he is at work. so tomorrow we are off at it again to try and catch this chief housing guy and try to pressure him good ( i might even turn on the waterworks !)
Sorry for the loooooong rant, just needed to get that off my chest.
sorry just need to rant about my stupid blinking council !!!!
ok so here goes.
I found out i was pregnant back in july, and as my oh and i live in a one bedroom flat we decided to apply to the council for a two bedroom house/flat. in handed in the application in august 1st, i only received the letter to say we had been put on the waiting list last monday (16th oct) so it has already taken them 2 1/2 months to put us on the waiting list . anyway, our housing system is based on points (i.e you get points if your overcrowded,homeless,sharing facilities etc) and we got told that we had 0 points. So basically the letter said that yes you are on the waiting list but anyone who has even 1 point will be given priority over you!!!
So being really mad at this my oh and i went over to our local council office and demanded to speak to the cheif of housing (we were told he was extremely busy and fobbed off with some other guy) so we spoke to him and he basically said we couldnt get anymore points until the baby is born and even when it is we will only be giving 5 points!!!!
So not happy with this we went down to the housing allocations office and were told no-one was in the office (all at a meeting apparently) so we made and appointment to come back at 3 o clock. during that time we went to see our local MP at her weekly surgery and told her our concerns, she said she would try and set up a meeting with the chief housing guy for us. so happy with that we went on our way to our 3 oclock appointment.
We reached the HA office at 2.50pm and reported to reception. by 2.15pm we still had not be seen to, so we asked the receptionist to phone the department again. By 3.35pm we had still not been seen to, and the receptionist had phoned the department 4 times and each time told someone would be down. Eventually my OH had to call the department himself and say "we had an appointment for 3 we are down in reception why is no-one coming down?". 5 min later a woman came down and told us that it was the receptionists fault because she had'nt called WTF!!!! Anyway we were also basically told in that meeting that we would have to have the baby first to be considered for a move and that they didnt know how long it could be before they could move us even when the baby was born!!!!!!!
Im so f**ked off right now as where we live is a complete hell hole! we live in a multi-storey flat with all the scum of the earth, and we are constanly complaining about anti-social behaviour. We have two extremely problem neighbours, (our house is 2A, they live at 2B & 2C) and they make our life a misery with their constant shouting,banging,music playing, fighting, setting fires in the hall.
And today took the biscuit!
as its a multi-sorey builing we have a concergie. today the people from 2c were making a right racket in the hallway, when we look out the peep-hole there were a group of about 6 people sitting on Chairs in our landing!!!!!! so we phoned the concergie to try to get him to move tham on. at first he said that he wouldnt do it, but then 2 min later he was in our hall telling them to clear off, however the second he told them to move, he banged on our door in full view of these people and said the my OH, "thats me moved tham on for you"!!!! I mean what a fucking idiot! so now those pepole know we have been complaining about them.
ARGH. im just fed up living in this shit hole and nobody is helping us. i don't want to bring my baby back here but i have no other choice. i also dont want to be moving house just after having a baby and having to decorate too. the stress isnt helping me during this pregnancy and my OH is constantly worried about me when he is at work. so tomorrow we are off at it again to try and catch this chief housing guy and try to pressure him good ( i might even turn on the waterworks !)
Sorry for the loooooong rant, just needed to get that off my chest.