can 6 people share a 2 bedroom flat?

Question

1 toddler, and 2 children under 16 with 3 adults share a 2 bedroom flat on the council is that aloud? thought there were laws about this.

sorry its not my family, we own our council property, council just own lease, but below us are tenants and there is 1 male tolddler, and a boy and girl both over 10 and under 16. 3 adults cause of mum, dad and child over 20.

Answer 1

CPS DOESN'T LET A BOY AND GIRL OVER THE AGE OF 5 SHARE A ROOM, AND CHILDREN OVER THE AGE OF 2 HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM. BUT UNLESS THEY'RE CALLED IN, IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW. I THINK THE SETUP SHOULD BE--MOM AND DAD AND YOUNGEST CHILD IN ONE ROOM, AND THE BOY AND GIRL IN THE OTHER. HANG A SHEET IN THE MIDDLE. UNLESS ONE WANTS TO GIVE UP THE ROOM, IT'S NOT FAIR TO MAKE ONE SLEEP ON THE COUCH. AND THE 20+ "CHILD" SHOULD SLEEP IN HIS BEDROOM IN HIS OWN APARTMENT. I UNDERSTAND HOW $$ ISSUES GO, (BEEN THERE) BUT THIS SITUATION ISN'T FAIR FOR THE OLDER TWO KIDS. HOWEVER, YOU TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET, AND IF THIS IS THE BEST THEY CAN DO, THAT'S THAT. WHEN I STAYED WITH MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IT WAS HER AND MY STEPFATHER, ME, (13) MY 2 LITTLE SISTERS, (10 & 8) A DOG AND A CANARY IN A MOTEL ROOM. IT WAS CRAMPED AND CRAPPY, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES GROWING UP BECAUSE OF OUR MANY "NEIGHBORS". THE KIDS IN THE FAMILY WILL SURVIVE, AND IT'S NOT FOREVER, JUST TILL THEY CAN GET NO THEIR FEET BETTER. LOTS OF FAMILIES ARE LIKE THIS OR MUCH WORSE AND THEY ARE HAPPY JUST TO BE TOGETHER. IT WILL TEACH THE KIDS TO BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT THEY HAVE.

Answer 2

In all honesty a council will probably tell you that the situation is not ideal but that there are far worse conditions people are living in out there.
The laws mean nothing and councils do nothing to help overcrowding unless the living circumstances are affecting someones health or someones life is at threat.
Trust me I am going through this procedure with a council and they seem to think its acceptable I have been sleeping on a sofa with my 10 month old daughter whilst staying in a tiny 1 bedroomed flat with my dad. Basically unless either myself or my daughter is at deaths door or are at threat form violence we have no chance of getting a place of our own. And all those that say a bit of hard work blah blah, I do work but still could not afford to rent a place let alone buy a place or my own have you not seen the prices charged and am not eligible for any benefits either so can't even get help.

Answer 3

The council has rules about children of different sexes sharing a bedroom, I think over the age of eight. So, you could have the three children sharing, so long as they're all under eight, or all the same sex. Not sure how the council would judge three adults sharing - sexual behaviour not a subject they can ask about! If they're happy...

Answer 4

It depends on the sex of the children. 3 boys can share a room for example no problem. But if you have a girl / boy combo this could be a problem. Why are there 3 adults???? The parents of the kids should ask the other person to get their own home.

Answer 5

You'd have to talk to someone else about it. I know out here in US.. (Wisconsin) 6 ppl could not share a 2 bdrm. They do some weird thing about so much space in 1 room for one person.. etc. When we lived in IA we had a 2 bedroom and it was just Hubby and I.. and our 2 little girls. But then i got preggers and had a little boy and we were told we had to move up to a 3 bdrm. Something about the room wasnt big enough in size to house the 3 children. So i dunno every place is different i guess. But i know for a fact in like Holland my father in law shared a room with 4 of his brothers.. so like i said.. you'd have to get ahold of someone who deals with the flats and ask them.

Answer 6

you're completely entitled to employ a 2-mattress flat. Housing earnings will pay as a lot because the optimal LHA for a one-mattress, and also you pay something. If the council get iffy - this has worked for others. Get your landlord to fasten one mattress room out of use and situation you with a sparkling tenancy settlement (on a similar employ) for a one-mattress flat. The tenancy settlement might want to might want to be "Flat form 3 Acacia street (with the exception of the front mattress room - reserved for landlords use)" somewhat of merely "Flat form 3 Acacia street" and it might want to might want to easily be unusable to you. EDIT================================ I have merely doe somewhat examine and that i imagine the region might want to be that the council will purely re-check out you once a year. once you've been very last re-assessed your employ replaced into £120, so your LHA might want to were £100 thirty 5. What you want to confirm is at the same time as the subsequent evaluation will be.

Answer 7

I live in utah where most have "big" families, the same sex for the kids is a general rule but still it has to be in your renters laws.
I have 4 in our two bedroom 2 adults 2 babies but my sister may end up moving in with us for a while she would sleep on the futon
in the living room, is it right? not for a long term solution but short term you have to take care of family.
maybe they have a real need and its that or be homeless.
they are much better off squished in a small space then indanger one or more children to homelessness.

Answer 8

Frowned upon by most councils however if they are regularly late on rent, council tax and maintenance payments for the building the coulcil will be extremely reluctant to move them. and if they are in arrears on any of the above then they dont stand a chance of being moved until the arrears are paid off.

Why do you care?

Answer 9

I would think they would be tripping all over each other! The children if the same sex can share a bedroom their whole life and it isn't wrong. Where are all these adults sleeping? It sounds a bit fishy to me and I would doubt if it is legal at all.

Answer 10

council's do have these rules, but they don't allways like to help people to move into bigger properties. These people could be on the waiting list for a transfer, and the council generally don't care how long people have to wait.