Submitted on Saturday 1st June 2019
Rejected on Monday 1st July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Local Authorities and Associations must take non resident children into account
Many families are now split and live apart. For the parent that only has the children on weekends and / or the occasional weeknight gaining social housing is almost impossible.
No allowance is allowed for bedrooms for the children who are not resident with that parent.
From experience with 3 children, 2 boys and 1 girl, I have been told that I cannot make allowances for my children that stay with me every other weekend. They will need to either all share my and my partners room and we use the living room or they will all need to sleep in the living room.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions which call for actions that are the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament. Allocation of social housing is the responsibility of local housing authorities, often councils or housing associations.
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