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  • tabskitten
    tabskitten Posts: 1,329 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    The OP pays tax too, as does her partner. The option of applying for social housing is also available to you.

    yep -so is retiring right now, having kids and totally living off the benefits system- silly me I should have thought of that ages ago!
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    They Were Up In Arms wrote: »
    I think tabskitten is a crying, walking, sleeping, talking, living troll :cool:
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    Why are you bringing up the subject of benefits? There has been no mention of them from the OP so it could be safe to assume that none are being claimed or expected.
  • tabskitten
    tabskitten Posts: 1,329 Forumite
    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    Why are you bringing up the subject of benefits? There has been no mention of them from the OP so it could be safe to assume that none are being claimed or expected.

    Because I am obviously more bitter and twisted than you!!
    :silenced:
    They Were Up In Arms wrote: »
    I think tabskitten is a crying, walking, sleeping, talking, living troll :cool:
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    tabskitten wrote: »
    yep -so is retiring right now, having kids and totally living off the benefits system- silly me I should have thought of that ages ago!

    I wonder if your principles are as strong as your righteous indignation?

    Are you still getting LHA (taxpayers money) paid direct?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    Yes, you are but your prejudices are showing loud and clear.

    Local Authority housing is not funded by the tax-payer, it's self-financing and has been for a long time and the OP and her partner are both income tax-payers and possibly every other adult in their household as well. Therefore the net result to the exchequer could be very positive unlike the negative which you are assuming.
    If social housing is not subsidised, why are the rents about half the market rate?
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    If social housing is not subsidised, why are the rents about half the market rate?

    HALF???? When was that????
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Perhaps because the actual cost of building and maintaining their properties are not affected by market rates but by the actual costs?
  • tabskitten
    tabskitten Posts: 1,329 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    I wonder if your principles are as strong as your righteous indignation?

    Are you still getting LHA (taxpayers money) paid direct?

    Totally irrelevant as it is but NO- my tennant has just had payments suspended and is under investigation from LHA (probably as they have found out her OH is living there with her and he is not meant to be but they cannot tell me the reason as that would beach her ''rights'')- so at the moment once again she is living under my roof and working up greater arrears at my expense- and no the council will not let me evict her either as she has a baby under 1 year old . She did the smart thing- got pregnant!!

    More fool me for taking the job route.........
    :silenced:
    They Were Up In Arms wrote: »
    I think tabskitten is a crying, walking, sleeping, talking, living troll :cool:
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    A colleague has a 2 bed council flat in SE London, the rent is just under £400 per month. The private block opposite the rents are £900 per month. Cannot be the only example.
  • Freddie_Snowbits
    Freddie_Snowbits Posts: 4,328 Forumite
    steph.x wrote: »
    Oh and im currently 31 weeks pregnant so there will also be a baby living there in 9 weeks time!! :eek:
    If the pregnancy is not relevant to the OP, why was it mentioned.
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