The Remains of the data

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I know someone in a council house both have good jobs and a flashy car and 2 foreign holidays a year. There is no way that they need that council house.
Those on council waiting lists have watched as high earning social tenants continue to live in taxpayer-subsidised homes meant to help the most vulnerable.
Not only blocking homes that could benefit those in greater housing need, they’re also relying on poorer taxpayers to subsidise their lifestyle

Blimey does noseall live in a council house ??

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I know someone in a council house both have good jobs and a flashy car and 2 foreign holidays a year. There is no way that they need that council house.
Those on council waiting lists have watched as high earning social tenants continue to live in taxpayer-subsidised homes meant to help the most vulnerable.

There are a few families like that around here too.

Are they in fact subsidised? I didn't know that.

 

[noseall]

Blimey does noseall live in a council house ??

I'm thinking about it. Two flashy cars and two foreign holidays per year thrown in. Why wouldn't you?

 

[noseall]

Are they in fact subsidised? I didn't know that.

According to billy, they must be.

 

[aveatry]

There are a few families like that around here too.

Are they in fact subsidised? I didn't know that.

Yes because they have more than the means required to pay market rates for rent but councils do not have the option to charge high earning social tenants a fair level of rent or kick them out so by remaining there they are in effect being subsidised by the council - by tax payers

 

[Ihavenojob]

Avoiding bank charges of course…….

It is quite difficult to get rid of large sums of cash without drawing attention to yourself. I tried it.

 

[Mottie]

It is quite difficult to get rid of large sums of cash without drawing attention to yourself. I tried it.

We bought a new car once in 2006 and I paid part cash - just under £10k. They had to get someone down from accounts to count it and they checked every single note with one of those marker pens. Took bloody ages. The last car we bought, I paid the balance of just over £31k on my phone. Blip. Ping. Done!

 

[aveatry]

We bought a new car once in 2006 and I paid part cash - just under £10k. They had to get someone down from accounts to count it and they checked every single note with one of those marker pens. Took bloody ages. The last car we bought, I paid the balance of just over £31k on my phone. Blip. Ping. Done!

There was a time when paying by cash right there and then got you a better deal but now days its more of a faff for them as they have to take it to the bank

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

There was a time when paying by cash right there and then got you a better deal but now days its more of a faff for them as they have to take it to the bank

You can still get a good deal, if you can offer payment in full, by other means - cash, doesn't necessarily mean pound notes..

 

[Mottie]

There was a time when paying by cash right there and then got you a better deal but now days its more of a faff for them as they have to take it to the bank

Yep, our most recent car got a £2k deposit contribution if we took out HP on it. Minimum amount was £4K so I took that, got the £2k deposit contribution, made the first HP payment then paid it all off. Result!