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  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    And if it were awarded on that basis then I believe most would believe it were wrong and needs to be changed. Same with lifetime tenancies on social housing.

    "Most" doesn't always mean "right". As "most" don't live in social housing, many will be against it from the perspective of envy.
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    That makes no sense, social housing is not in an open market.

    It is, in this context, a very open market as anyone can apply.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    It is, in this context, a very open market as anyone can apply.

    But the prices are not set by the market, so therefore it is not an open market. If it were then fourcandles would be paying £700 per month which is ahat other properties in the area go for.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    I believe another poster mentioned Oldham. Please allow me to quote part of the reply given in #223

    That is a whole different subject as to whether social tenents should be moved to where the homes are available.
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    That is a whole different subject as to whether social tenents should be moved to where the homes are available.

    No. It's just one example of the reality of waiting lists for social housing. I didn't choose Olham, that town was identified by the other poster. I have recently done the same for Cheltenham (again, another posters choice) with similar results. For the VAST majority, the much vaunted waiting list of 10+ years is a myth.
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    But the prices are not set by the market, so therefore it is not an open market. If it were then fourcandles would be paying £700 per month which is ahat other properties in the area go for.

    The allocation criteria is different, but it is still a market open to all.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    The allocation criteria is different, but it is still a market open to all.
    Sorry it is not a "market" unless prices are decided within it. It is just an allocation system.
  • wherediditallgothen
    wherediditallgothen Posts: 1,520 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Sorry it is not a "market" unless prices are decided within it. It is just an allocation system.

    Yes the prices are artificially manipulated. It's not a market in the conventional sense.
    Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
    Bo Jackson
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    Sorry it is not a "market" unless prices are decided within it. It is just an allocation system.

    Prices ARE decided, and they are advertised. But the price is not the deciding factor, need (or more often a combination of need and length of time on the list) is the deciding factor. It's just a different kind of market, but open all the same. Much in the same way that you need to get to the shop early to have the best choice of bread. The price of bread doesn't change as the shelves empty.
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    wherediditallgothen wrote: »
    Yes the prices are artificially manipulated. It's not a market in the conventional sense.

    There's no manipulation. They just follow a different criteria. In much the same way that the same extra on a rolls royce costs more than it would on a mini.
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