overcrowding housing ???!!

[sandypandy]

ok i have spoken to my housing officer, who says there is nothing they can do...as in (the housing association.)

i live in a two bedroom house with my 4 year old daughter, the one bedroom is a medium size and the other, my daughters, is smaller than small. there is no way you could call it a bedroom.

it was okay when her cot was in there, but shes grown out of it, an a single bed cant fit in. unless of course i take out her wardrobe <( which is a miniture childens one!) and toys, an then a bed will fit...with just enough space to get out of bed.

is this not against the housing act? as she is sleeping in my bedroom now and has been for the last year.

any advice please

thnx 4 taking time to read. (hope it all made sense!)

[cassa333]

Although I understand you would like your daughter to have a larger room you may have to make do with what you have.

Why not take out the toys and put them in a box/chest. And IF possible move the wardrobe. At 4 she doesn't need a full size bed (although I found it would cost too much to get a junior bed then a full size one).

Or perhaps get a high bed with the wardrobe underneath with a sitting area under it. Are they cabin beds??

I had to take off the skirting in my sons' room to be able to fit a bed in.

[Ethel]

Overcrowding is explained here:
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advic e_topics/repairs_and_bad_conditions/overcrowdi ng

As you can see, even living rooms are counted as bedrooms and a child under 10 is only considered a half.

So your situation is nowhere near contravening any laws of overcrowding.

[sandypandy]

thnx for the replies.
thats a shame. i suppose the bed with wardrobe under it sounds like a good idea.

im not sure what a cabin bed is lol its a single metal bed.

once again thnx 4 replies.
ethal link was very useful.

[shell73]

you think your space is small me and my husband have 3 children and are living in a 2 bed flat, our bed is in our living room which only leaves 11ft by 8ft for the 5 of us to live in. our local housing will not even come and see how cramped we are.