Taxpayer funds familys £1,600 per week rent - The Times

nightwatchman

What infuriates me the most is this

It is understood that the house was previously rented out at £800 per week — considered by estate agents in the area as the going rate for similar properties. It is unclear why the taxpayer is having to pay twice that rate.

That’s looks like a scam to me….
Anyone involved in this should be investigated & disciplined.

edgey88

there just is no hope really.............

jackieb

This actually makes me feel physically sick.

Shakethedisease

This family is getting over £82,000 per year (in unearned income). I would constitute that as being rich.

To be fair, it's the landlord who's getting most of money and getting 'rich'.. ( even if they are now in receivership ).. not actually the family getting £1600 cash a week in their hands. Let try not to forget that as it seems to be getting lost in amongst the noise in this thread.

Still seems such an unbelievable story though...what kind of council allocates luxury housing like this when millions of others have to make do, or do without at all ??? Beggars belief..

Degenerate

nightwatchman wrote: »

What infuriates me the most is this

That’s looks like a scam to me….
Anyone involved in this should be investigated & disciplined.

Yep, if £800 is the true fair market rent, it's an outright fraud. They should be investigating both the landlord and the council worker who approved it.

BACKFRMTHEEDGE

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Theres lots to complain about. Just not sure how this relates to this particulare complaint in any way, shape or form.

Graham.....you're being played by the Tory press. Does the press run continous stories about rich tax dodging toffs who live in their Mansions at the expense of the tax payer? No, of course not, because that's not in their in their interests. It's divide and rule. They feed you a diet of benefit bashing stories and you lap it up.

But if you want to remain deluded, please yourself. Nobody ever got anywhere being blinkered imho.

Fight amongst yourselves. I'm sure the rich are laughing their heads off.

Degenerate

BACKFRMTHEEDGE wrote: »

Graham.....you're being played by the Tory press. Does the press run continous stories about rich tax dodging toffs who live in their Mansions at the expense of the tax payer?

Yes, the Royal Family do get quite a bit of coverage.

SingleSue

Why on earth do they need 6 bedrooms plus an overspill flat?

Surely the children could share a bedrooms plus one for the parents (as Carolt said), maybe more than 2 children to a room if it is big enough.

My mum grew up in a 3 bedroom council house.....there was 11 kids plus my grandparents and they coped.

lynzpower

Sue its not clear if any of the children or the parents have disabilities?

I think that we all know that in order to "accept HB" the LL will ask a premuim.

The family are blamed for this and they to be fair will have had v little to do with the process. It will have been decided between officers at the LG and they will try t ofind somewhere that will take this family. There are all manner of houses in London- both rich & poor- that will not accept children.

I totally agree carol, lower the ceiling and prices will fall.

This government has never been on the side of the taxpayer- I dont think they know VFM if it punched them in the face.

Degenerate

lynzpower wrote: »

I think that we all know that in order to "accept HB" the LL will ask a premuim.

That's fraud. there is no entitlement to anything more than a fair market rent. There's absolutely no case for wanting a premium to accept it - when paid direct it's the surest guarantee of a regular rent payment there is.

The family are blamed for this and they to be fair will have had v little to do with the process. It will have been decided between officers at the LG and they will try t ofind somewhere that will take this family.

Pretty sure some manilla envelopes will have played a part in their decision process in this case.