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Housing needing more evidence

JLT005

My son is 10, autistic, no danger awareness ect. We are currently living in a 4th floor flat with 2 balconies and no windows in the living room/ kitchen. We can no longer have the balcony doors open in the summer as my son tries to climb over.

I have applied to my housing association to be moved to a more suitable property. I have a letter from GP and from the paediatrician who diagnosed my son, explaining that he has no danger awareness and the currently property is not safe for him. I also have an OT report stating the same and that no adaptions can be made to make it safer therefore a different property is required. I have sent the diagnosis report and disabled parking blue badge.

Our housing application for a medical move has been rejected and they have said I could send more evidence and try again but they won't tell me what new evidence they want. Last year they only wanted an OT report which I finally got now they want more.

What other evidence could I send to get approved?

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  • JLT005 said:
    We can no longer have the balcony doors open in the summer as my son tries to climb over.

    Not really an answer to the main question about evidence but I have a suggestion about the climbing issue.

    Where I live (in Sao Paulo) the norm for housing in the city is high rise with many having balconies so the issue you have has a very simple and low tech solution.

    Here they screw heavy duty eyelet screws into the wall around the balcony on all sides and string a very strong net (nylon string typically - think goalpost netting) between these loops (using a single line of string going through all the loops and threading through the weave of the net) which means there is no way past for anything much bigger than a sparrow.

    All this is pretty cheap from the likes of Amazon or eBay or local DIY store.

    You may be able to apply to do this (I guess it will need someone lowered in a cage from the roof to drill safely) quoting your safety concerns.

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  • JLT005 said:
    We can no longer have the balcony doors open in the summer as my son tries to climb over.

    Not really an answer to the main question about evidence but I have a suggestion about the climbing issue.

    Where I live (in Sao Paulo) the norm for housing in the city is high rise with many having balconies so the issue you have has a very simple and low tech solution.

    Here they screw heavy duty eyelet screws into the wall around the balcony on all sides and string a very strong net (nylon string typically - think goalpost netting) between these loops (using a single line of string going through all the loops and threading through the weave of the net) which means there is no way past for anything much bigger than a sparrow.

    All this is pretty cheap from the likes of Amazon or eBay or local DIY store.

    You may be able to apply to do this (I guess it will need someone lowered in a cage from the roof to drill safely) quoting your safety concerns.

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