Tories are certainly getting stuck into our benefits system...

carolt

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

I was surprised to read that most (all?) council tenants get a 4 week break per year, from paying rent.

Gosh, I am truly astonished to read that. Or that some get 2 weeks even, if not the full four.

I would have an indescribably better Christmas if we got let off 2-4 weeks of our rent,I can tell you! As would most people!

Precisely why are the rest of us paying for this perk?

I do marking at home over the Christmas 'holidays' (!) to pay for my family's Christmas. I had no idea I was also subsidizing mattcanary's Christmas, too.

carolt

chucky wrote: »

matt from Norwich - i like your style. you could nearly get into my top 3 posters.

you are the hamish of the benefits world - you keep winding these people up. quality :T

Sadly, chucky, unlike Hamish who is clearly a wind-up merchant, I suspect mattcanary is entirely serious.

loopylou121

We employed people in Scotland recently and were horrified as to how many people were claiming disability benefit but still turned up at our doors looking for 'casual work'. It's a whole culture. Small business owners get a bad name in this country but we workd 80 hour weeks for 10 years to keep people in work. Slightly bitter - sorry as the recession hit us hard!

beecher2

carolt wrote: »

I would have an indescribably better Christmas if we got let off 2-4 weeks of our rent,I can tell you! As would most people!

You'd get it too if you spread your rent payments over a smaller timespan, or saved the difference.

carolt

My landlord won't give me a month off, I assure you!

dori2o

carolt wrote: »

Gosh, I am truly astonished to read that. Or that some get 2 weeks even, if not the full four.

I would have an indescribably better Christmas if we got let off 2-4 weeks of our rent,I can tell you! As would most people!

Precisely why are the rest of us paying for this perk?

I do marking at home over the Christmas 'holidays' (!) to pay for my family's Christmas. I had no idea I was also subsidizing mattcanary's Christmas, too.

As has been said before, you pay a full years rent, but as the council offices are closed during the christmas/New year break (in our area anyway) they divide the payments into 50 equal parts rather than 52 to avoid people being unable to pay their rent due to the office being closed for Xmas.

This is only applicable for those who pay weekly. When we were in a LA house, we used to pay by DD monthly, so it never affected us.

There is no subsidy for the 2 weeks,you simply pay more over the 50 weeks to cover the 2 weeks you don't pay anything.

carolt

It would be nice if they tried that in private rentals. But if you divided our annual rent by 11 instead of 12 the monthly figure would be so horrendous no-one would take-up the rental.

Which may be why it's not standard practice.

Whereas when rents are as low as they are in council properties, you'd hardly notice.

beecher2

carolt wrote: »

My landlord won't give me a month off, I assure you!

Well you could work out your annual rent, divide it by 50, and pay the difference into a bank account and you'd end up in the same position.

This is reminding me of the poster who felt he was missing out on something because he'd heard local authority workers were paid 13 times a year, and he was only paid 12 times a year!

dori2o

carolt wrote: »

It would be nice if they tried that in private rentals. But if you divided our annual rent by 11 instead of 12 the monthly figure would be so horrendous no-one would take-up the rental.

Which may be why it's not standard practice.

Whereas when rents are as low as they are in council properties, you'd hardly notice.

This is why they need to legislate on the rents private landlords can charge.

Graham_Devon

Oh Harry. Do us all a favour and just !!!!!! with the constant whinging and obsessed leg humping of Carol.

It isn't Carol you are making look silly, seriously, read your own Inspector Obsessor drivel back to yourself, and just looking at how amazing whingy it makes you sound. And then, just ask "did I really write all that to a load of people I don't know....what the hell is up with me"...if you have chance inbetween grabbing another box of tissues.