bluemeanie
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Tories trying to push this through. What does everyone think?
'Councils should sell off public housing in expensive areas.'
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I thought they could only sell council houses to the tenants or housing associations ?
noharmdone
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Couldnt agree more.. £950 a month rent I pay.. gladly pay the council £500 !!
£950 a month :blink: . My mortgage is one-third of that. Selling the houses will only send the tenants to private landlords who can charge £950 a month. Which the council will have to pay if they are unemployed. Cheaper to keep the tenants in council housing
noharmdone
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My deal is about £100 per month BELOW the average here.. As you rightly state, I really would be better off signing on / sick.. Crazy world.
The family two doors from me me don't work at all ( Me, and my eldest two all work, btw ). And they don't seem to be going short of anything. Taxis everywhere , holidays abroad each year. I work full-time and had to make do with a week in Wales. The thing is, though. If I was to suddenly become unemployed, I lose my home
It's obviously a plan to fill the " Well-to-do " areas with Tory voters. Get rid of the dss Labour voting scum
I have mixed feelings on this,,, I bought my ex local authority house VERY cheaply just before they done away with the huge discounts,,,,, I still live in my house but the surrounding area is quite affluent as it is out of town....i took advantage of a scheme on offer and am not gonna appologise for it. But, recently I have been looking for private rentals ( for personal reasons ha ha ) and I simply can't afford to rent in the area i live.. crazy rental prices to be honest.
No need to apologise. My in-laws did the same thing. Then after 4 yrs sold it . Made enough to clear any debts they had.
noharmdone
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Why apologise ? anyone would do the same mate..
For me, the problem lies with single people living in 4 bed council paid for houses.. If you take up right to buy.. no issues whatsoever..
tommye
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that's a housing policy issue. Shouldn't be confused with a housing stock issue.
We grew up in a council house In Ellesmere Port from 1969. About 7 yrs ago me dad, a widower, gave up the 3 bed house he had lived in ( with the family from '69 ) so a family could live in it. He was waiting to get a pensioners bungalow. Like you say, though, some stay in their 3-4 bed houses which they don't need. Fair enough, if they have lived there for decades they should be allowed to stay if they so wish. It's when you see a couple , or single person, with no kids living in a house they don't really need
tommye
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our city, and our reasonably priced social housing, awaits you..
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