3 children sharing a bedroom

[ste1]

Hi im from birmingham in the westmidlands uk. I live in a 2 bedroom council highrise flat. My 3 sons age 13, 3 and 4 months share a room.Would the council say this is enough room or would they give me a house.

[ldobson]

hi im no expert but your oldest son is a teenager now so if you applied i cant see why they shouldnt give you a house its sounds like you need the space!

[geordieg]

I agree, i definately think at 13 the council should allow your son to have his own room. It must be really difficult in high rise flats with little ones, so good luck.

[Goodsoulette]

In somerset they say a child of 5 need his her own space so I would have thought so. might be worth visiting Magna or the like for a place though,.-

[kelfoan]

Why should they 'give' you a house. Most people have to work and save for such a property, they are not just handed one

[Pippa68]

I live in a 3 bedroom privately rented house and I have 4 children ~ 1 boy & 3 girls.

The oldest one (a girl) is 16 & autistic. She has a bedroom to herself. The other two girls(9 & 4) share (I wouldn't be able to fit 3 beds in there anyway) the boy has his own room (he is 13). My stepdaughter visits every other weekend & sleeps on the bedroom floor on a Z bed.

We sleep in the lounge on a sofa bed. Not ideal, but it's all we can do at the moment as we can't get any help from the council..we are low priority. We can't afford a bigger house, & nobody is going to just give us one either.