Asking as a BR ......

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miss_spooky wrote: »

"sorry but I wish my rent was £77 a week,dont forget if you cant afford that rent then you would get housing benifit and if you were to get a job £77 would be a good rent for someone working and as any repairs etc are taken care off, I think rent any less and the council housing would be indudated with appilcations,

1 .would someone living in a low council house want to ever move to buying their own home if rents were kept low,

the area i live in I can not afford to rent a similar type councilhouse and I'm working full time,once people get these houses its very hard to move on as moving out would be a step down from where they were not as a few years ago people looked tomove from thses places but now

2. it seems that they are a house for life and not just a stepping stone to something better,which i think they should be used for".

My rent is £112 pw with no rent free weeks. Service charge of £5.00pw. I live in a 3 bed in a nice estate. Private rent in the same area would be approx £250.00pw. House prices for the same are in the region of £280,00.00. I have rented since I moved out from parents, my last private being £700 for a 2 bed which was put up to £900 when we moved out.

There is no way we could ever afford to buy a property, even when I was working. In Herts I would have had to go nearly 7 times my salary to afford a sml 2 bed which now would be to small with two children (b&g) despite being on nearly 40k, and yes I am glad that now I have a house for life. I am sick of LL's thinking they can just evict you when they want for no real reason. We were evicted as he wanted property back. Then put it on market for £200pm more. That is no life being under the constant worry of having to move every 6 mths esp as most ast's are now 6 mth contracts.

I dreamed of buying a big house with a big garden etc, but that bubble burst a long time ago. Now I'm content with my lot. Albeit council (HA).

thanks for that,you have not made it clear why you quoted me but you have made my point,don't think it was meant tho!I wasn't making the point that buying was the best thing to do but was saying someone that is lucky enough to get a council house but becomes able to pay their own rent why should that rent be subsidized by the tax payer,as I said the council houses in my area are way better than anything I could afford to rent and I'm working full time,but I think I have explained my point in the above posts and like I said don't understand the reason you quoted me as you seem to make my point.