How To Get A Council House- Series 1 Episode 3
I watched How To Get A Council House for the first time last night with interest.
The reason I’m writing about the programme here is that the episode featured the case of a father and son called Alex and Tony. Alex, 23, has Cerebral Palsy. Tony took him to the council offices saying he wanted to evict him from their shared home with immediate effect. He said that Alex was regularly getting drunk and contacting him from police stations!
So at first, it looked to me like Tony was simply not happy with Alex’s behaviour, and seemed like Alex just wanted to have the same experiences as other boys of his age. Like Alex, I have both Cerebral Palsy and a parent carer. I think that my mum would like to have Tony’s problem just once in her life!
However, it turned out that Tony simply wanted what all parent carers of disabled children, including my mum, want. As much independence as possible for his son. He seemed to feel that the council would not provide Alex with support to live independently unless he took the action he did, which may have seemed extreme to some at first.
It also turned out that Alex had a fear of living alone, which seemed to be the main cause of Tony’s understandable worries for his future and of the conflict in their relationship.
I also learned something from the programme that I didn’t know until now- disabled people are a priority group to be given council housing.
If you missed the programme, it is available to watch online here.
Same Difference 
i just watched it pity about the lady called Lisa just going round and round in circles to her death i felt no real care if you drink
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Disabled people are SUPPOSED to be a priority we have been top of the waiting list for over 3 years on medical / safety grounds for housing that does not exist. wheelchair accessible housing.
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