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Why are people on benefits allowed to live in London?!
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Plenty of sub £900 pm houses, not in the better areas though.Silverbull wrote: »But are they cheap enough for a family to find somewhere to live for less than 250wk rent and council tax?0 -
If people are going to move they are going to have to find new landlords to take them and that won't be easy. Added to which their kids are not going to want to leave their friends or their school, so it won't be an easy choice.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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If people are going to move they are going to have to find new landlords to take them and that won't be easy. Added to which their kids are not going to want to leave their friends or their school, so it won't be an easy choice.
Just like buyers and non claimants have to do when they find that they cannot afford to go on living in a particular area. Why should claimants be any different?0 -
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Just like buyers and non claimants have to do when they find that they cannot afford to go on living in a particular area. Why should claimants be any different?
They shouldn't be any different, I just think they will find it harder as there are less private landlords prepared to accept HB tenants.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
If people are going to move they are going to have to find new landlords to take them and that won't be easy. Added to which their kids are not going to want to leave their friends or their school, so it won't be an easy choice.
many people who work find they have to move house / area. when i was younger we moved a few times for my dad's job. companies go bust, people get made redundant etc. it is unsettling. but it's also life. you can't have more rights for people on benefits than you have for workers. that really is unfair.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
i have friends currently bringing up twins in a tiny 1 bed in london. it's not ideal but they manage. this is all perfectly legal in modern day britain it seems.
they aren't eligible for benefits due to recently immigrating. now if they can manage - and one of them hold down a very physical demanding job as a roadworker out in all weather - i don't see why those on benefits couldn't manage in a similar property. the rent is not that high and they are near an underground station. obviously they have to commute. the longterm unemployed have no such requirement.
i do sympathise with those who find themselves jobless - and also think everything should be done to give hope to their children. however, i have sympathy also for the many low paid workers who have been sorely neglected in recent years. decent / living wages is a far more pressing concern than maintaining current jobseeker benefit levels imho.Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. - Lord Byron0 -
many people who work find they have to move house / area. when i was younger we moved a few times for my dad's job. company's go bust, people get made redundant etc. it is unsettling. but it's also life. you can't have more rights for people on benefits than you have for workers. that really is unfair.
More than it just being life it teaches coping skills, and sometimes geography! There are things to be gained in many a situation.
Ninky, I'm agreeing with you a lot ATM. who is broken, you or me?:D0 -
Er... all we need is to get Generali to agree with ninky and LiR, and then the universe will end in a puff of red smoke.
Am I right in saying most 'normal' people in London are on one benefit or another? It's not just the workshy... almost everyone on an average wage is on tax credits, housing benefit or etc, just in order to be able to live there.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Er... all we need is to get Generali to agree with ninky and LiR, and then the universe will end in a puff of red smoke.
Am I right in saying most 'normal' people in London are on one benefit or another? It's not just the workshy... almost everyone on an average wage is on tax credits, housing benefit or etc, just in order to be able to live there.
No you are not.
Edited to say: People claim tax credits because they are there if they weren't they would manage as alwaysI'm not cynical I'm realistic
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