Hi Pringle,
They ought to be able to be rehoused fairly quickly on the grounds of overcrowding at your house. You or they could look at houses being offered by various housing associations. You may find some advertised in your local free paper or online.
What I think happens where I live is a person puts their name down to be rehoused and then applies for different properties until they are successful. Usually there are several others after the same houses all the time but eventually they would be successful.
I don't know how old your parents are but if they are 55 or older or have a disability they may qualify for a better standard of house or bungalow.
I think you're going to have to be firm with them. It may sound strange but if you wrote them a letter about how this is affecting you and what you'd like them to do and then left it with them while you went out with your daughter and returned later after they have had chance to read it and think about what they need to do, they may be more inclined to start doing something about moving out.
At least they would understand the depth of your feelings and the way it was affecting you.
It probably traumatised them to find they had to move home like they did and being with you has eased their minds and unfortunately made them reluctant to risk going back to living on their own.
It sounds like you've been the one doing most of the adjusting whereas if you lived as you wanted to be able to do they might find themselves wanting to move out more. I'm thinking of how things would be if you lived as you wanted to and forced them to adjust more and more until it became intollerable for them and they'd want to get out for their own sanity.
Owly x
Have had a look on the net and I suspect your parents could be classed as lodgers yeah ?
If they are paying you then depending on how much you could have to declare it and pay tax on it. So they could be getting you into trouble the longer they remained with you.
There is the rent a room scheme....
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/Ta
Another thing to consider is your insurance apparently. If you fail to tell your insurer that someone else is now living in the property with you and intend on making a claim on the contents or buildings then you may find that the claim is repudiated on the basis that it could have been caused by the new person at the property.
You may find this interesting as it sounds like a similar situation to your own...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php
Scroll down that page until you see #20.
Owly x
