Typical Labour. I’m alright Jack…..

[Mottie]

Rayner suggests tenants will not be able to buy new council homes

Angela Rayner told the BBC restrictions would be placed on new social homes in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[blup]

Excellent news, never understood why the public purse bears the cost of sales and discounts having built the homes in the first place (other than an electoral bribe from Maggie) , it skews the housing market, Arguably it would have been hypocritical for Ange not to close that loophole as she will have family and friends who would benefit. But ending rtb will help the housing crisis and reduce house price inflation

 

[Brigadier]

Do you disagree with the suggested policy, Mottie, or just with the person making that suggestion?

 

[Notch7]

Who is Jack?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

It just means some people will have to work harder to buy a house and not get a state handout.

 

[Mottie]

Do you disagree with the suggested policy, Mottie, or just with the person making that suggestion?

I don’t disagree with the suggested policy, I just find it ironic and hypocritical that the person that is suggesting it has enjoyed the policy herself.

I think that anyone who buys a council house should be able to live in it for life but that it should pass back to the council on a similar discounted basis when they die or move on.

 

[Brigadier]

We are where we are though, and someone has to make changes.

 

[Odds]

Who is Jack?

"I'm Jack...and so's my wife."

 

[Trazor]

What else do you expect from this Labour government, drag everyone down to the lowest common denominator

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[Mottie]

We are where we are though, and someone has to make changes.

True. We are where we are and we just have to work with it. Pity people couldn’t take that attitude about Brexit - could have saved 8 years of whining and arguing on here about it. No going back, just accept it and work with it.

 

[blup]

True. We are where we are and we just have to work with it. Pity people couldn’t take that attitude about Brexit - could have saved 8 years of whining and arguing on here about it. No going back, just accept it and work with it.

We don't need to go back, just a sensible tariff free trade deal, So what if we sign up to human rights, we never let it go despite the referendum being almost ten years ago

 

[Ihavenojob]

When my SIL moved years ago, the people buying her house were renting from a housing association, the HA wouldn't let them buy their house, but gave them a hefty wedge of cash to buy my SIL's house. I wonder if they still do this, and whether it could be a way around not being able to sell HA or council properties?

 

[ajohn]

just a sensible tariff free trade deal,

We have one after a fashion with the EU stipulation that sufficient work on the product is done in the UK.

However stuff moves through different channels both ways now. A change from no restrictions.

 

[ajohn]

from a housing association, the HA wouldn't let them buy their house, but gave them a hefty wedge of cash to buy my SIL's house.

Probably a joint ownership deal. They would get an amount related to what they had put in plus some of the increase in the value of the property.

 

[motorbiking]

I don’t disagree with the suggested policy, I just find it ironic and hypocritical that the person that is suggesting it has enjoyed the policy herself.

I think that anyone who buys a council house should be able to live in it for life but that it should pass back to the council on a similar discounted basis when they die or move on.

twice.

but maybe reduce the discounts or extend the covenants on resale.