How do i find out about council housing and housing assosiations.?

Question

I live in the north east with my girlfriend. We both have jobs and work hard but we dont earn a fortune. We are private renting at the moment and it is really expensive. We would love to buy a place but we cant save enough for a deposit cos we pay so much rent. Does anybody know any websites with advice on council/housing assosiation waiting lists or any info .We would consider moving anyware in the country as long as we can get jobs.

Answer 1

you would have to contact your local council and they would give you a list of housing assosiations,but you can only buy houses from housing *** if you are a key worker for that town,and councils will not give you a place if you have a roof over your head,good luck in your search

Answer 2

if u type in the town and county council that would get u a website, could u take in a lodger to help with your costs then u could save a bit, or how about looking for live in type jobs, also see if u can find any cheaper privately rented places or look for house shares, the other option is to see if someone would do a swop with u.

Answer 3

Lots of areas now have schemes where you rent half the house and mortgage the other in partnership with a housing association so you can get onto the property ladder. I would look up housing associations in you local phone book and they will give you advice on the scheme. A few of my friends have used this scheme.

Answer 4

Have you tried Sunderland civic centre for information. or go into your local housing assosiation office, they should have listings, of houses available in there areas. They should give you an interview,Explain your situation tell them you cannot afford to live in private acomadation, they will take your details and should put you on the housing list

Answer 5

in the telford area of the midlands try the 'wrekin housing trust' and 'bromford and carinthia' both of these have links for other sites as far as i know and telford is one of the fastest growing towns in the country. we are approx 30 miles from Birmingham and only 14 from shrewsbury.

i hope this helps and good luck xxx

Answer 6

www.housingcorp.gov.uk
www.housing.org.uk
try putting "housing association" into yahoo search engine I got 1.2million hits! You will probably find a housing association in your area, council housing is limited and often restricted to families and those in desperate need

Answer 7

Check this out:

http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-431.cfm

Answer 8

Dunno approximately actual particular to the reason web content .. yet you need to attempt Gumtree Mary... the sell lease and alter and that i assume you need to place your prosition for the period of to the accepted public in advert sort.