If you have no installed heating in the property you are living in or it doesn’t work, chances are that not only are you very cold, but your home will be plagued by persistant varieties of mould, some of which are extremely toxic.
Most people forced to put up with awful dated living conditions like this have to buy small heaters and place them around the home or maybe in just one room, where the costs of the electricty can be astronomical!
It in inconceivable to many in warm comfy homes that anyone in modern Britain today live with these conditions, nevertheless it is a sad but true fact.
Living in a home like this that is being rented from a landlord is classed as a Category 1 Hazard and you should most definitely complain about this to your Local Council Housing Standards Department. They can either force your landlord to do the work or prosecute them.
If you and your children are suffering in the meantime, you could apply to your Local Council Homeless Department, to apply for homelessness depending on your circumstances on the grounds that your home is unfit for habitation due to it’s condition (ie. in this case no heating) (first seek professional advice on this).
If you are on a low income, you may be able to get a grant to help you heat your home, please go to Warm Front for more information.
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