will i be forced to give up my 3 bedroom house now i live alone

solodanceparty

Give it to a family who needs it. You don't. Do you even pay rent?

barrybarryr

squinty wrote: »

How exactly are you paying towards council tenants through your tax money?

Ummm where do you think the Government get money from? The money trees in the money orchard?

BitterAndTwisted

If you read the whole thread perhaps you would have some understanding because it was explained adequately on the first page

squinty

barrybarryr wrote: »

Ummm where do you think the Government get money from? The money trees in the money orchard?

If you realy want to know, take a look at :

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/Attachments.aspx?attype=T&storycode=6505311&atcode=8177

You can see clearly there that the plans for the current year show local councils paying much more into central govenrment than is distributed back out !

savemoney

I seem to recall some councils paid people to move out in situations like this but this was a while ago.

Difficult one I can appreciate living in house a long time hopefully happy memories why move. But then housing is short supply and 3/4 bedrooms even scarcer.

I suppose it depends on you. But look at it this way also a 3 bedroom with you and or partner will cost more to run than say a smaller dwelling

I wouldnt like any one to be forced out but I do recognise that something does need doing to make social housing suitable for all needs

savemoney

Actually just seen your other about heating post http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2243237

"hi, i live in a housing association formally council house and the gas fire has broken,,when i asked for it to be meant they said that they are planning to get rid of the gas fires sometime so will not be fixing it,,we have gas radiators in all the rooms but i am now paying £5 a day for 2 radiators in the living room plus i think my daughter has hers on in the bedroom,,so that is £5 a day for 3 gas radiators..does that seem expensive ?,,,i need to keep the room warm to help keep my pain away but even with my dla i cannot afford to keep the living room warm..i wrap a blanket around me but all this autumn and winter i have been in very bad pain because of the cold...are gas radiators that expensive to use because when i just used the gas fire in the living room it was half the price to run and it got the room really warm,,much warmer than the radiators..."

One reason to think about moving obviously money is tight thus may save on heating and possibly less rent


I see you get DLA http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2229435&highlight=

Maybe more suitable housing for you, just a thought

mouseymousey99

Ouch some very sharp comments.
Just wanted to say from another point of view - isn't it rather expensive heating a 3 bed house when you are alone? Maybe a move would be nice now, to somewhere cheaper to run & enjoy?

gemini24

I know a while ago the idea of making people move from houses etc that were under-occupied was being considered by the government. Haven't heard anything lately but, to be honest, I think it may become necessary one day due to the chronic shortage of family sized housing.

I deal with many people struggling to pay for 3/4 bed houses, living alone, can't do the gardens and the house is deteriorating around them. Some of the older people, no longer venture upstairs and live between the sitting room and kitchen. Such a waste.

savemoney

Yea I know what you mean, seen plenty of examples of people holding on until last possible minute mean while house is damp, garden a tip

gemini24 wrote: »

I know a while ago the idea of making people move from houses etc that were under-occupied was being considered by the government. Haven't heard anything lately but, to be honest, I think it may become necessary one day due to the chronic shortage of family sized housing.

I deal with many people struggling to pay for 3/4 bed houses, living alone, can't do the gardens and the house is deteriorating around them. Some of the older people, no longer venture upstairs and live between the sitting room and kitchen. Such a waste.

whitesatin

poppy10 wrote: »

That's fair enough, if they are paying for the house themselves through a mortgage or private rent. But if they want to stay in the same oversized house while expecting me and other working people to pay for them using our tax money, they can GTFO.

What makes you think that people who live in council/HA homes don't contribute through taxes? My parents worked all their lives, paying tax, paying their rent on time, looking after the property. They brought up their family, all of whom have gone on to higher education, supported by my parents during all this. We all went on to be relatively high earners, bought our own homes and, believe me, have contributed towards the upkeep of those less fortunate than ourselves. We offered to help her to buy her council house but she believed that to be the wrong thing to do, that one day it would go to a deserving family rather than be divided amongst us.

Some of us moved away and used to come back and visit regularly, so the rooms were in use on a regular basis. When mum became ill, we took it in turn stay with her, thus saving the council money on home care.

Oh, to hell with this, I find myself becoming as intolerant as some of the clueless posters on this thread because I am so annoyed at some of the responses. It is all part of life, continuity, people should be allowed to hang onto their homes if that is what they want to do. The amount of rent my mum paid would have bought that house several times over.

Who knows how life will turn out for any of us. Is caring so very out of fashion?