1.5 million people on housing waiting lists

adr0ck

FMB have defended the Government its target to build 3 million homes due to the 1.5 million people on council waiting lists

i never realised it was that many

bit of a scandal really

come on UK Government get building more affordable homes

http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3126683&c=1

poppysarah

Affordable is the key.

Private rents are too high. There's no security of tenure on private either.
Ask people why they want a council house.

adr0ck

i actually know someone who has had to give up work due to serious illness

he has lost the accommodation he was in because of this

he is unable to find a HA property to rent because he is a single male without immediate family (and is therefore on the bottom of the list)

he is having to move from one friends couch to another week by week

Realy

And population is not a problem.:rolleyes:

pickledpink

poppysarah wrote: »

Affordable is the key.

Private rents are too high. There's no security of tenure on private either.
Ask people why they want a council house.

Maybe if this government didn't give all the council houses to asylum seekers and immigrants there'd be a lot more available for those GENUINELY in need!!!

adr0ck

pickledpink wrote: »

Maybe if this government didn't give all the council houses to asylum seekers and immigrants there'd be a lot more available for those GENUINELY in need!!!

funny you should say that

the bloke i referred to above did say that he was advised by a local councillor to leave the country and then come back in without any id............................he would then be given somewhere to live

gastroboy

errr....where do these 1.5m people live now?

adr0ck

gastroboy wrote: »

errr....where do these 1.5m people live now?

on people couches
caravans
on the street
and mainly i would say........private rented

a lot of people on low incomes who are in private rented accommodation would like to be in a HA property as the rent is a lot lower

avinabacca

adr0ck wrote: »

FMB have defended the Government its target to build 3 million homes due to the 1.5 million people on council waiting lists

Absolutely no vested interest there, then........ :rolleyes:

going2die_rich

pickledpink wrote: »

Maybe if this government didn't give all the council houses to asylum seekers and immigrants there'd be a lot more available for those GENUINELY in need!!!

I doubt that would increase it by that much, since most of the homes are no doubt filled by 16 year chav's and their 3 kids.

I'd like to see an end to councils being allowed to sell them on. As it would help if they stopped letting the people living in them buy them. Who then go on to sell them on or get other people to buy it with their names on the deeds. Especially since the prices they are sold for are discounted. People in council homes appareantly can't afford the homes hence the reason they are there. It shouldn't be a case of the taxpayers discounting the property so they can own it.

adr0ck

avinabacca wrote: »

Absolutely no vested interest there, then........ :rolleyes:

i think that would be why they commented on it

you wouldn't expect the federation of master cake makers to comment on it would you?