social housing rules, does anyone know?

[yorkie_chris]

I don't think it's the councils fault for giving him a flat, fair enough it's daft, negligent and a waste of taxpayers money. But if he was going to be daft then he could have done that from home, and I daresay a clip round the ear might have helped

[Messie]

Mon, I completely agree with your feelings about this. The councils were morally wrong in my opinion to have awarded accomodation in this case. However I don't think any laws have been broken. As far as I know 'parental rights' and legal age of consent is a very grey area of the law (if any laywer knows better I'll be happy to be corrected). I know that in education, for example, it can be a very difficult area to get into when the student is over 16 - we are in loco parentis in many ways but the student has rights over confidentiality and other matters if they so wish. I understand that in any court the Magistrate/Judge will take the 'childs' views into account and if the 'child' is 16 or more the their views are likely to hold. If they cannot make decisions for themselves at that age, the court views, then do they need other forms of guardianship.
Of course any accusations of any sort of abuse should be taken seriously and someone should have followed this up,passing the information on to Social Services or the Police as appropriate who will then follow their own procedures. As this wasn't done at the time maybe he used something else. My daughter tried this with the local council when she was 17 and they told her she had to prove she's been thrown out by me. Of course I wouldn't write that letter she wanted. She didn't think of forging one - maybe this lad did. Officials really havn't got the time or money to follow everything up.

Tell your friend that our kids will sometimes just be what they will be and give her a hug from me

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I don't think it's the councils fault for giving him a flat, fair enough it's daft, negligent and a waste of taxpayers money. But if he was going to be daft then he could have done that from home, and I daresay a clip round the ear might have helped

The clip round the ear did not, in fact it made things worse. I've heard few stories on the radio, that parents were charged with assault for doing just that.

Why can the council become daft and negligent? In my eyes it's an offence.
If I was daft and negligent I would be punished for that.
they have a duty of care. It's people they are dealing with not numbers, if they have a power take parents rights away, they should be at least accountable for their action and follow some laws to be able to justify them