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elderley to give up council homes

lemonjelly
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http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/10/18/elderly-offered-3k-to-move/

I know, having worked in a HA that to free up movement, & address under-occupation of social housing it is something that staff would like to be able to do.

Can't see it being retrospectively applied though. & £3k is a pittance, & nowhere near enough.

Thoughts?
It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
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  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Many of the old people are part of local communities, maybe they should be building some one bedroom properties within those communities to enable transfer without leaving a lifetime of friends behind.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • PasturesNew
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Many of the old people are part of local communities, maybe they should be building some one bedroom properties within those communities to enable transfer without leaving a lifetime of friends behind.
    That's the best idea.
  • lemonjelly
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Many of the old people are part of local communities, maybe they should be building some one bedroom properties within those communities to enable transfer without leaving a lifetime of friends behind.

    They don't want 1 bed properties though. Or at least, not the ones that are out there. Trust me, I know, having tried offering existing properties.

    Remember these people have a lifetimes worth of stuff. They need space for it to go into.

    The other thing, is that some of them have lived in the same home for decades. It is where their kids were born/grew up/went to school/opened christmas presents etc etc.
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • michaels
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    How about rents being set at market rate, that would be an incentive for people to move in to a property that suited their needs. Those on HB would be impacted by the caps the govt is bringing in and it would not cost overall as HB paying HA rents is just moving money around the govt.
    I think....
  • lostinrates
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    lemonjelly wrote: »
    They don't want 1 bed properties though. Or at least, not the ones that are out there. Trust me, I know, having tried offering existing properties.

    Remember these people have a lifetimes worth of stuff. They need space for it to go into.

    The other thing, is that some of them have lived in the same home for decades. It is where their kids were born/grew up/went to school/opened christmas presents etc etc.


    stuff....well, they could give it to their children/grandchildren who are struggling to buy a lifetime's worth of stuff. Its fine living in the same home for decades....if you are providing for yourself, if living in social housing then it seems fair to accept that other people are now in the need they once were, for a decent family home. I know it seems hard and tough, but it is. Moving people away from friends and family would not be right at all: and a potential further burden on resources...friends and family do a lot for each other, but to ask to move within area seems fair to me.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Good idea - I think it's important in terms of social housing that underoccupied property is freed up.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    The other thing, is that some of them have lived in the same home for decades. It is where their kids were born/grew up/went to school/opened christmas presents etc etc.

    Tough, really.

    Same was true for my Granny - she sold the large 4 bed detached house with massive garden where she'd lived for 30 years after she was widowed.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Fiddlestick
    Fiddlestick Posts: 2,339 Forumite
    lemonjelly wrote: »
    The other thing, is that some of them have lived in the same home for decades. It is where their kids were born/grew up/went to school/opened christmas presents etc etc.

    That doesn't make it theirs though.

    Clogging up a 2 or 3 bedroom house by themselves is pretty selfish.
  • robin_banks
    robin_banks Posts: 15,778 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Good idea - I think it's important in terms of social housing that underoccupied property is freed up.


    I'm torn on this one.

    You don't live a million miles from me so you'll know that there isn't a huge of property that is suitable for said older folk.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • The_White_Horse
    The_White_Horse Posts: 3,315 Forumite
    why can't people in HA share properties. you can stick 4 or 5 in a big house, plus they can look after each other and have company.

    students share houses. no reason why elderly widowed people or young singles can't share.
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