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>Currently young couples get a 2 bed (with one bed being a box room) and have to move out once the second baby comes //

I guess you've never heard of bunk beds?

Which are unsuitable for very young children? Yes, we have those in England, we just don't put toddlers in them. What sort of monster are you? :)

Precisely that sort of monster! You got me ;o)

"We" clearly do.

[I'm also in UK, fwiw]

'Legislation states if children over the age of 10 of the opposite sex are sharing a bedroom they should have their own rooms – otherwise this is considered overcrowding.'

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/in-the-home/s...

Even the website you linked says explicitly that it's not illegal for children to share a bedroom, even if they are over the age of 10 and of opposite sex. It's considered overcrowded for purposes of various statistics but it's not illegal in the slightest.

I didn't say it was illegal.

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