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longtimelurker1785 said:
Round me the baby isn't classed as needing a room until 2 and even then a living room or dining room can be turned into a bedroom so no one is guaranteed to be moved.

I swear she had to leave her caravan cus it was in Dylans parents garden and they split up
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They'd moved to a caravan park just before they'd spilt up and megans mum and stepdad had helped them with a deposit on a new caravan
 
Beccaf24 said:
She’ll qualify for a new, bigger house so I’m sure that’s the first thing she’ll do!
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It unfortunatley doesnt work like that I have been in housing for 9 years and you dont just get moved when you have more kids. Firstly your oldest must be over 10 to qualify for an extra bedroom secondly you then must do a mutual exchange with someone who needs to downsize.
 
HandTmum said:
Sorry but I do tend to agree with this, obviously completely understand that every situation is different and have the most sympathy for people in challenging situations. BUT Megan actively chose to have a baby when she’s in a precarious situation and now wants the council to sort her housing out! I just think it’s wrong to be taking from people who are actually in need.
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Yeah this is how I see it. Obviously anyone can fall on hard times and should have help, but she has actively tried for a baby knowing she can’t house/afford one. She isn’t in need at all, she should be made to private rent or use all her boss witch earnings for a deposit for a house.
 
Reading this has made me a bit confused, can anyone explain quickly how council houses work? Obviously I’ve seen the comments about what she’s entitled to cos of the kids, are you just offered one if you have kids? I’ve always rented and never understood it?! x
 
shadowofdoubt said:
Reading this has made me a bit confused, can anyone explain quickly how council houses work? Obviously I’ve seen the comments about what she’s entitled to cos of the kids, are you just offered one if you have kids? I’ve always rented and never understood it?! x
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In my area it is done on priority. I was given mine after the person before me turned it down. I was moved from a flat with stairs to a house with 1 baby. There is 2 houses in my street been empty a while too so not crazy crazy demand like there is down south x
 
shadowofdoubt said:
Reading this has made me a bit confused, can anyone explain quickly how council houses work? Obviously I’ve seen the comments about what she’s entitled to cos of the kids, are you just offered one if you have kids? I’ve always rented and never understood it?! x
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If you apply for council/housing association you're put into bands in the waiting list. The bands depend on how in need you are e.g. homeless, disabled and in need of a more accessible property, need to move from your current housing and can't afford private. If you're homeless they will put you in emergency accomodation e.g. b&b, mother and baby unit, then you'll be top priority and be moved once a suitable place becomes available, but obviously you'll still be behind those in the same situation who have waited longer. You're definitely not just offered a council property when you have kids. I left an abusive relationship with my 6 month old and was staying in my friend's 1 bedroom flat with her and my baby but I wasn't considered homeless, and if I had claimed as homeless they would've involved social services to ensure my baby wasn't sleeping on the streets until they could've housed me. It's really not as simple and peachy as everybody makes out and you certainly don't have lots of help and benefits thrown at you just becaus you have children!

Edit.. if you have spare rooms in a council house you have to pay bedroom tax. Their rules are baby shares parents room until 1 or 2, after that they can share with opposite sex siblings until 10, and same sex siblings until 16. So e.g. a family of 2 adults, twin infants and 2 older sons could in theory be housed in a 2 bedroom flat.
 
shadowofdoubt said:
Reading this has made me a bit confused, can anyone explain quickly how council houses work? Obviously I’ve seen the comments about what she’s entitled to cos of the kids, are you just offered one if you have kids? I’ve always rented and never understood it?! x
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Near me council housing is for anyone classed as homeless, years ago you’d be given one at the drop of a hat but now it’s harder you may have to go to hostel first. Wasn’t Megan in a mother and baby unit before she had Dulcie? I seem to remember her being pregnant and in a unit waiting for a phone call for a flat? Probably overcrowding at her mams
 
Fishnips said:
If you apply for council/housing association you're put into bands in the waiting list. The bands depend on how in need you are e.g. homeless, disabled and in need of a more accessible property, need to move from your current housing and can't afford private. If you're homeless they will put you in emergency accomodation e.g. b&b, mother and baby unit, then you'll be top priority and be moved once a suitable place becomes available, but obviously you'll still be behind those in the same situation who have waited longer. You're definitely not just offered a council property when you have kids. I left an abusive relationship with my 6 month old and was staying in my friend's 1 bedroom flat with her and my baby but I wasn't considered homeless, and if I had claimed as homeless they would've involved social services to ensure my baby wasn't sleeping on the streets until they could've housed me. It's really not as simple and peachy as everybody makes out and you certainly don't have lots of help and benefits thrown at you just becaus you have children!

Edit.. if you have spare rooms in a council house you have to pay bedroom tax. Their rules are baby shares parents room until 1 or 2, after that they can share with opposite sex siblings until 10, and same sex siblings until 16. So e.g. a family of 2 adults, twin infants and 2 older sons could in theory be housed in a 2 bedroom flat.
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Thanks for this! I had no idea what the process was or how it worked, can imagine they aren’t that helpful 🤦🏼‍♀️ Hope you & your little one are safe and settled now xx
 
Dylan and Megan broke up while she was pregnant with Dulcie and they sold the caravan, she moved in with her mum and step dad until she got a flat - she moved into the mother and baby unit not long after giving birth. I always assumed they sold the caravan because Megan couldn’t afford it on her own and her mum probably wanted the money for the deposit back if Megan wasn’t living there but I could be wrong
 
Fishnips said:
If you apply for council/housing association you're put into bands in the waiting list. The bands depend on how in need you are e.g. homeless, disabled and in need of a more accessible property, need to move from your current housing and can't afford private. If you're homeless they will put you in emergency accomodation e.g. b&b, mother and baby unit, then you'll be top priority and be moved once a suitable place becomes available, but obviously you'll still be behind those in the same situation who have waited longer. You're definitely not just offered a council property when you have kids. I left an abusive relationship with my 6 month old and was staying in my friend's 1 bedroom flat with her and my baby but I wasn't considered homeless, and if I had claimed as homeless they would've involved social services to ensure my baby wasn't sleeping on the streets until they could've housed me. It's really not as simple and peachy as everybody makes out and you certainly don't have lots of help and benefits thrown at you just becaus you have children!

Edit.. if you have spare rooms in a council house you have to pay bedroom tax. Their rules are baby shares parents room until 1 or 2, after that they can share with opposite sex siblings until 10, and same sex siblings until 16. So e.g. a family of 2 adults, twin infants and 2 older sons could in theory be housed in a 2 bedroom flat.
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This is what’s it’s like where I live but I think it should be clarified you only pay bedroom tax if you’re claiming housing element on benefits. Only because I’m getting sick of people asking me it even though I pay my full rent myself 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ but yes it does depend on individual circumstances when it’s not that clear

sparklingdee said:
The way Megan shows off her kids in Moncler and other designer brands you'd think she'd be able to move out her council flat by now, never mind whatever nice car Im sure she has.
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I don’t think she’s actively saving up for a house I think it’s just something she says so people don’t speculate she’s sitting on her backside doing nothing
 
sparklingdee said:
The way Megan shows off her kids in Moncler and other designer brands you'd think she'd be able to move out her council flat by now, never mind whatever nice car Im sure she has.
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This is the reality though it’s incredibly sad, she prioritises pretending looking rich over the actual well-being of her kids! Sorry but to actively decide to have another baby and not try and improve your situation is wrong in my books, I think those kids deserve much better.
 
sparklingdee said:
The way Megan shows off her kids in Moncler and other designer brands you'd think she'd be able to move out her council flat by now, never mind whatever nice car Im sure she has.
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I've always thought Megan is more bothered about looking rich and people thinking she has lots of money instead of actually prioritising the best way to spend her money (deposit for house ect)
 
Miss.Chanandler.Bong said:
Maybe just because I follow her and watched the show, but if I didn’t know her I wouldn’t think she has money. All her stuff screams fake, cheap and tacky
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She looks like the type that is fake, cheap and tacky. The ones that get everything from the white van man and tries her best to make herself look like she’s not on benefits but then is the media stereotype of someone on benefits. Like she’ll rather pay £20/30 every couple of weeks to buy replicas but probably would have paid more replacing them when they’re worn and turn then actually buy the real deal.
But the thing is everyone actually knows they aren’t real so it loses the intention 😂
 
Blondeangel2515 said:
She looks like the type that is fake, cheap and tacky. The ones that get everything from the white van man and tries her best to make herself look like she’s not on benefits but then is the media stereotype of someone on benefits. Like she’ll rather pay £20/30 every couple of weeks to buy replicas but probably would have paid more replacing them when they’re worn and turn then actually buy the real deal.
But the thing is everyone actually knows they aren’t real so it loses the intention 😂
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Thanks.
You explained exactly what I mean 🤣
 
tyrell123 said:
I think it was because she wasn’t with Dylan at the time so qualified


It could be anything, the familiarity of the flat, the home she brought Dulcie home from hospital too, saving for a mortgage deposit. We don’t actually know. I’m not sticking up for her having 3 kids in a 2 bed flat but there are plenty worse living conditions out there. She also has a mental health condition (I think, correct me if I’m wrong) so again it could be to do with not liking change eg moving to a new house, worried about the upkeep of a bigger house if she should have an episode. We can all assume, but without actual facts she shouldn’t be slated for this


I don’t think they should either. I just don’t think it’s fair to go at someone for something when no one knows if she’s actually doing it
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No ones slated her, we’re discussing the fact that she’s purposely got pregnant to the first guy that will give her a baby when living in a cramped tit hole of a flat. We’re speculating which we’re allowed to do. She drives round in a flash BMW and not to mention that according to her she’s an amazing parent because she dresses them in designer yet she can’t improve their living situation and she’s bringing another child in to it. I agree with others, those kids deserve better
 
TMT being last as per 🤣

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I just can’t imagine 3 kids in that tiny flat and Megan and tel after his strop about wardrobe space! He will get even less space now! and they will need even more stuff! Tel hasn’t done the baby stage before he’s probably never seen the amount of stuff like sterilisers and perfect prep and bottles and cots and baby bouncers Moses baskets all that jazz took up so much room in my house never mind a little flat and he’s moaning about space and being tidy! I’m sure he stormed off to his mums! And he’s gonna be a father!
 
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