A FAMILY-of-four who’re cramped in a two-bedroom house say that the council will not allow them to upsize because it’ll be too huge.
Andrew Vincent claims LHP (Lincolnshire Housing Partnership) shouldn’t be permitting them to formally swap properties with a pair who reside close by in a three-bed home and want to downsize.
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Andrew says that that is on the grounds that their present home can be “under-occupied” by the couple, even though their Grimsby house is at the moment over-occupied.
They’re at the moment struggling as their four-year-old daughter – who has Down’s Syndrome and studying difficulties – is having to share a bed room along with her mother and father.
The dad advised Grimsby Stay: “We have been making an attempt to get a mutual alternate into a much bigger home as a result of we’re a household of 4 in a two-bedroom home and we have a disabled daughter.
“We discovered a three-bedroom property within the space the place we reside that may imply we would not have to vary faculties, as a result of it is laborious to discover a college that may cater to my daughter.
“We put in for an alternate with one other couple who wish to downsize, as a result of they reside in a three-bedroom home – however LHP has refused it on the grounds that our home can be under-occupied.”
The letter from LHP to Andrew which explains their causes for refusal reads: “I write to tell you that the alternate has been refused for the next cause(s). ‘
“One of many properties is bigger or smaller than is fairly required by the tenant wishing to alternate into it.”
However Andrew claims that the household moved into the cramped two-bed home simply 18 months in the past.
He continued: “They’re simply not . We’re making an attempt to get into this three-bedroom home as a result of our home is overcrowded, they usually’re simply refusing it and are not serving to us.
“The opposite housing affiliation that’s concerned, Longhurst Group, are fairly comfortable for this to go forward, however it’s simply LHP who aren’t . And we’re so determined.”
Andrew stated that over the previous few months, he has been compelled to sleep on the couch along with his daughter due to her sleep points.
“She’s obtained a mattress in our bed room however as a result of [my daughter] would not sleep very properly, she’s up all night time disturbing my associate who works 12 hours a day.
“So we have each been having to sleep on the couch, which is inflicting me well being points with my again.”
“It is the one appropriate property that is come up they usually’re blocking it. We discovered a home which is ideal for us, however we’re caught right here.”
Talking of the “scarcity” of three-bedroom homes within the space, Andrew added: “There are no three-bedroom homes within the space for social housing tenants.
“The opposite couple – her aged mom lives not far away from my present home – so it might be ideally suited for them, and for us to have a three-bedroom home.
“LHP is not being practical and I do not perceive why it is such a giant concern. We’re all prepared to maneuver and it is not costing LHP something.
“Households develop and desires change and they need to have a little bit of flexibility and assist individuals in our state of affairs.”
An LHP spokesman stated that they might proceed to work with the household to facilitate a transfer.
A spokesperson for LHP stated: “Our buyer moved into their present house by way of the mutual alternate scheme, the place our groups made them conscious that it was a two-bedroom home on the time of transferring in.
“The shopper was comfortable on the time to maneuver into the property, as mutual exchanges must be agreed by all events.
“The house that our buyer desires to maneuver into shouldn’t be an LHP house and as a accountable registered social landlord, we should additionally think about the housing necessities of the opposite get together of the mutual alternate.
“The individuals looking for to maneuver into our buyer’s present property solely require a one-bedroom property and this might imply oversubscribing as a part of the alternate.
“We proceed to work with our buyer to offer them with a housing resolution that they’re proud of.”
