None of that, around here, at all..
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Typical Labour. I’m alright Jack…..
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None of that, around here, at all..
Isn’t it funny how when people use anecdotes in debates, they always always agree with what they believe.
It’s almost as if they see what they want to see.
And then you park up outside the food bank where you see people coming out and you can tell they have a massive flat screen TV at home and they have netflix.
I bet you can even tell they have the latest top of the range smartphone in their pocket.
Why are you making things up that people have said - no one ever mentioned any of that - what are you doing.
I can tell 100% through my local estate which ones are private and which ones are council rented, the biggest giveaway of all is that the council ones have all had external fitted insulation and the private have not. I use the bus a lot that goes through the estate so have plenty of time to see the flash cars both on the drive and in the road as the bus has to constantly stop and weave its way through them. The estate is about 90% council.
So you cannot accept that even some of the council tenants could afford a mortgage or to rent private and so then free up the low cost rent house for someone in more need.
They are means tested to get a house are they not ? but then is that it forever even when their income rises massively from when they first rented from the council. As I said I see a lot of flash cars on drives, ok could be high mileage recks for all I know - but there is a lot of them.Ok lets say they lease them for which you are talking £400+ per month. Not clued up on how leasing works or the cost leasing would be more expensive than a reck in a shiny coat.
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You would force people to move if they don't want to? What would the income cut off point be, how far away would they be expected to move?
No.
Good questions - I have no idea - do you ?
But I am sure the labour Gov would find a way and just label it under "Difficult decisions" - and something about 14 years.
Ok so are you going to argue 100 pages about the phrase "means tested" because its the wrong phrase.
If I hand 100k in the bank and a 90k a year job could - would I get a council house or not.
@notch before you come on posting "avetry thinks everyone in a council house has a 90k a year job and 100k in the bank" dont bother.
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No. It wouldn't work.
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Possibly, the money is irrelevant.
Depends. Judging by what goes on in these parts - have you recently arrived, put feck all in and preferably kneel on a little mat several times a day?
Yes, to two or more of the above questions - and you can collect the keys today.
I was under the impression that money raised by selling council houses to tenantsNo Thatcher prevented council houses from building new houses
the housing act of 1980 forced councils to offer RTB and prevented councils from building more and the money that councils made from the sales had to be handed over to central government
Between 1980 and 1989, 970,558 council houses nationally were sold at a discount.
Yet the issue was, when a council house was sold, it took that house out of the council’s portfolio for future generations. From the start, there were limitations on local authorities’ use of monies from the council house sales as most of it had to be given to central government in London, meaning only 390,560 new council houses were built between 1980 and 1989.
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and then we have the housing act of 1988
Giant housing associations, stock transfer, new rent products and the erosion of tenants' rights... all arguably have their roots in the Housing Act 1988. 30 years on from the act coming into force, we look at its profound legacy
Thirty years on: how the Housing Act changed everything
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was to be used to build more council houses.
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I think the right to buy is basically a good idea.
Although if houses that have been sold to tenants aren't replaced on a one to one basis, then it can cause problems.
Allowing someone to buy their council house gives them a leg up in society.
If you own your own home, then you have a stake in your local area and will want it to improve.
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