Housing help needed

[Daz1245]

Hello all I'm kinda stuck I a rut here and need to know the fastest option for housing in the midlands.

I live in a hostel in Birmingham and where I live I'm not allowed to work as I have to claim Jsa for there service charge and housing benefit

Everywhere I apply for housing I need to be in work or have a large deposit to move in, when it's impossible to save up when living on £55 per week.

I've registered with housing direct and currently in band A so top of the list but everything I bid on I'm about 100th in the que.

Does anyone know what options I have regarding getting out of a hostel and into my own flat, studio etc

Thanks
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Does the company/charity that runs your hostel have any "move on" advisors?

Otherwise, look for local housing charities like YMCA. Not necessarily because they will house you but they will be able to guide you through the maze of options.

Also, some Housing Associations or Social Landlords as they are now called have schemes to help people in your situation with deposits etc or sometimes with halfway house accommodation or even education and training.

Good luck
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[Daz1245]

The hostel here does nothing to move you on or help you as they want you here for the money and make it hard to move on I've registered with a few housing associations and all they ever say is bid on properties and been bidding since December and still no luck
Thanks for the reply
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[andyscooter]

citizens advice would be your best bet I would think

also talk to your jsa mentor (presuming you have one as you claim, what do they say when you say you cant apply for jobs because you cant work and live where you are
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[Daz1245]

[andyscooter]

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[Daz1245]

I'm on my own at mo and can't stay with family as overstayed my welcome before as was homeless not too long ago and now I'm here, I'm happy I've got a roof over my head but just feel like I have hit a brick wall, I have no friends I can stay with as it's always more than a few weeks as need to get full time job and save for a deposit etc also most places you need to be in full time employment for at least 6 moths before they will accept you, just getting fed up being sat here on my phone googling housing all day trying to find more options.
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[Daz1245]

[Poecilotheria]

I will ask my sis in law if there are any ways fast, she works for SHELTER. Alternatively, look online at housing associations and see if they say have open places, call them up and see what they say. we did that and got offered 3,4 places within a month- mostly sh*t holes but a place is a place right.

Dont bother with letting agents they are cocks, what they did to us was said yes took a deposit of near 600 and then changed their minds once a bigger wallet walked in. Deposits are BS, guarantor, etc. Honestly friend, start calling housing associations up / websites even in places you may want to live but some sort family living there etc. It will be faster than most other ways. Will get back again when i talk to sis in law she is great at it.
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[Daz1245]

I will do, I've contacted about 3 or 4 and they all say regretter on housingdirect website and bid on properties, which I've been doing for a while now, thanks for your help
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[andyscooter]

Where in Midlands are you op
Just a thought would it be worth renting a room there are a fair few round here

When you get a job use first weeks wage as deposit dint tell jsa til second week so you have somthing to live on
Full weeks work at min wage will cover deposit and a few weeks rent for a room

Not ideal but better then you have now
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[Daz1245]

I'm in maypole south birmingham
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Cagiva mito evo 3 2002, Yamaha xvs125 2000, skyjet sj-125 Chinese piece of crap

[andyscooter]

[Daz1245]

Where is rubbery ?
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[angryjonny]

Tritey's place, I assume

[andyscooter]

[LustyLew]

Dare I say it, and I like most of us would only do it as a last resort.

How much is your bike worth? Do you REALLY need it? Even if it's £1k, it will help grease the wheels with HMO landlords. If you can offer a 6 or 8 weeks rent up front they'll be more likely tempted.

I do hope you manage to sort your situation. Seems if you're single you're expected to fend for yourself...
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Do a Daniel Blake?

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[skatefreak]

How did that work out for Daniel?

[Holdawayt]

Get a job and pay rent on a flat like the rest of us who can't afford a deposit on a mortgage?

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[Poundshop Dave]

Maypole, so just above Redditch then. Not cheap, if it were me; I would weigh everything in that I had and start a fresh in the Black Country. West Bromwich/Wolverhampton cheapest areas, Dudley also, would not bother with Walsall as can be pricey.

Also it is easier to get a job when you are in employment, so rather than holding out for a job you want, bang an application into McDonald's or any fast food restaurant, the staff turnover tends to be high. A room in the Black Country can be had for as little as £75 a week all inclusive bedsit. Most take housing benefit so its just the deposit you need to find.
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