Living in council flat & owning house in uk

ctabuk

MortgageMamma wrote:

Ah right I see! thanks for explaining that - I am only 30 so a lot of thatcherite stuff went over my head. I was too busy being a child!

It does seem spectaculary unfair that the council does not benefit from the majority of sale proceeds. It would be interesting to know how the money was/is reallocated and what its really spent on - is there any way of finding that out?

You mean you have not seen MP's and their cars and chauffers
It's all gone:eek:

MortgageMamma

:rotfl: :eek: That reply almost tempted me to offer you half of my ham and dairylea sarnie. But not even that will stop me fancying Tony Blair.

Thanks

MM

astonsmummy

PoorDave wrote:

But this "someone in need" will have to pay private rental level rent, rather than HA/council level rent, presumably

plus they would have to get together al0t of money as deposit and rent in advance, also alot of people wont accept housing benefit, do credit checks etc.

A_Nice_Englishman

PoorDave wrote:

But this "someone in need" will have to pay private rental level rent, rather than HA/council level rent, presumably

Most of those in genuine need would qualify for Housing Benefit and pay less than the market rate (or nothing) though

astonsmummy

A_Nice_Englishman wrote:

Most of those in genuine need would qualify for Housing Benefit and pay less than the market rate (or nothing) though

so in theory that wouuld mean that some of the housing benefit paying the mortgage would pay the rent on the council flat maybe? very wrong.
Also not many landlords accept housing benefit because of the risks, and if someone who claimed full hb wanted to rent soewhere they would have to gt a deposit plus a few months rent to cover until the hb is sorted - so it's not that easy.