JillyJosie2
Please can anyone who can give me a hint in answer to my question. I'm in a horrible marriage and I want to leave but I know I'll have to force him to sell the house. I have my state pension, a small other pension and a fair amount in savings.
However, when I've looked at flats for rent, it's horrendous these days, I saw one I could afford the other day, £700 pm but they said the tenant had to have 30 times that in income which I don't have. I am told the shortage of housing means that flats go easily, often for more than the asking price so how do people manage until they can get the proceeds of their house sale? Thanks.
Many people, who don’t fit letting agency criteria, have more success using Openrent, which means direct contact between landlords and would be tenants, where individual circumstances can be explained.
www.openrent.co.uk/
Some areas, not all, have a lot of surplus “50 years plus” homes, for older tenants, as there is not the demand for those that there is for normal social housing. (Some were transferred from the old sheltered housing system, as local authorities no longer want to subsidise support services to the same level as before). It might be worth looking a few up, in your area, if you fit the age criteria.
You say you have a horrible marriage, and if any abuse is/was involved, most, if not all, local councils housing departments, have a different allocation process for victims of abuse. Your local council housing department, SHELTER, or Women’s Aid will advise.
www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/
england.shelter.org.uk/