I was in supported accommodation before, but a legal matter involving the staff later cost me my home. Anyway, I've been with my parents for most of my life, and I had my flat for 3 years, from April of 2011 until the summer of 2014. This was the only time I did not reside with my family, and I am 30 years of age now.

Besides my parents, I stay with my sister. She has a place of her own, but she has not been there in ages because she lost her children through a court matter, so she's been with us too. My niece also occasionally stays over to go to school. My sister just got a big Husky dog from somebody, and that is okay.

I think my parents' house is very stuffy, overcrowded, and cluttered. The house looks generally untidy, and as a result of the messiness, it kind of has an ugliness about it. All of my things are crammed into the one room, which makes it feel more like a warehouse than a bedroom. It's suffocating, but it's very hard to mange it.

Apart from that, penthouse flats are being built across the road so workmen start sawing early during the week, and I often go to bed into the early hours as I just cannot get to sleep. I just find life there is uneventful too, since I don't really do anything with my life due to anxiety. It is time I had my own space, but there is a problem...

I went to the council yesterday, hoping I could find a new home quicker. You bid on houses using a points system, but this man explained that I am not anywhere near the offers stage, and even if I registered as being homeless (which I'm not) and I kept bidding, it may still take up to a year before I may get a property. Private houses cost more and my benefits would not cover the rent.

So, does my situation just suck or what?