I am 25 and in full time work in central London. My job doesn't pay a lot, I am generally left with less than £100 - £200 a month after all expenditures.

I had moved out of my parents into a maisonnette with my girlfriend, but due to mould problems, we had to move out. She moved into her parents house, I couldn't find anywhere to live so had no choice but to live in my sisters box room (along with 3 kids and her husband in the same house). The room is so small, my head touches one end and my feet the other when in bed. My job had changed and I now need to drive and pay £220 to TFL for the privilege of 40c heat in packed trains.

I had applied for a council house a year ago, back when my girlfriend and I both lived in another box room at my parents, we were put on the second from highest group at the time.

My issue is that since she has moved with her parents, (they have two spare rooms), we're no longer a priority and wouldn't get housing for many years.

I desperately need to move out, have even contemplated living in my car. I have looked high and low at renting out a room, but It's next to impossible to find a place that will accept me. The one place that I did find, was full of dodgy people and smelt like weed.

I'm at a loose end, and can't figure out what I can do about it.

I would say living in a box room would be preferable to sleeping in the car ?

There's more room in the car.

We tried to find another place to rent. Found a decent place we could just about afford, but was told we had to pay out £200 per person on references, and some fee to the estate agent to show we were interested. None of which was refundable if they decided they didn't like us. My credit rating is bad so no doubt I would have been turned away.

I will contact the council about the situation.

Well the council cancelled the application as I have access to my own room. I can't stay at my sisters much longer. Do I have to wait till I am homeless?

I suggest you realise how lucky you are to have a job and a roof over your head and start saving.

 

I suggest you realise how lucky you are to have a job and a roof over your head and start saving.

I know I'm lucky to have a job. I earn very little and work very hard to maintain it. The roof over my head is going in a couple of weeks. My bad credit was due to being conned out of 15k.

I would suggest Joey as your sister is asking you to leave her home, to see if your sister would write a letter to that effect.

Then go to your local Council & with your letter in hand, tell them you will be homeless very shortly. They will ask if you any friends or relatives to go stay with. If you don't then make it very clear to the Council you will be homeless & ask them for help.

In the meantime as you do work, try & save up what you can, just in case something else turns up. You can try sites like Gumtree for adverts for rooms, flats etc. Also local Newspaper shops sometimes have cards in their windows also advertising rooms etc.

I hope you do get sorted out soon enough.

Good luck

I have removed some of the above posts and edited others.

Please keep things civil to avoid the thread being closed.

Could you possibly live in one of the spare rooms in your girlfriends parents house as a temporary stop gap?

Hi. Thanks. This is a pretty old post. I've got several pay rises since which has helped me loads. Also the council are prioritising single working people for housing. I got lucky and am moving in to a new build in 2 weeks time.