elderley to give up council homes

huxley

Hi, I'm a bit stuck on the fence on this issue, we are buying our house as we couldnt get housed at the time but now struggle every month due to pay the mortgage due to our circumstances changing, my dad is in council housing does have space would I like to see him asked to downsize, no he is 80+ because he has a small works pension he pays full rent so he is not being subsidised, they got the house as an incentive to come help build the town 50+ years ago the house is part of him he would not cope with a move. My mil did downsize from a 2bedroomed council house to a one bedroomed flat in sheltered housing when she became a widow, she chose it because there was a warden on site which as her health and eyesight has deterioted has been a godsend for her independance, but due to cut backs the warden will not be replaced at the end of the month, so she tried to do the right thing moved from an area of good neighbours that would help her and is now not going to have the peace of mind she was told. The thing with this whole housing situation is there are always people going to lose out, my own children will never be given council housing because we have room,they do work but do not earn enough to rent privately there are very few winners in the whole sad situation.

Jowo_2

suburbanwifey wrote: »

Has no one thought about this point: a lot of people in social housing get their rent paid for them in its entirety as so many in social housing live on benefits. Therefore, if they increase the rent on social housing, that increases the rent the council has to pay on their behalf!.

Good point.

The document that the govt published yesterday about their plans noted that 69% of social housing households are currently workless (obviously this includes pensioners, the disabled, not just those on JSA).

The doc said it had gone up from 10% to nearly 70% since the 70s.

quantic

Has no one thought about this point: a lot of people in social housing get their rent paid for them in its entirety as so many in social housing live on benefits. Therefore, if they increase the rent on social housing, that increases the rent the council has to pay on their behalf!.

If they decrease the maximum allowance, and increase the "theoretically" rent, (I say theoretical because as you say, its housing paid for and provided by the same place), it means that people will be less able to get homes that are excessively expensive.

StevieJ

Jowo wrote: »

Good point.

The document that the govt published yesterday about their plans noted that 69% of social housing households are currently workless (obviously this includes pensioners, the disabled, not just those on JSA).

The doc said it had gone up from 10% to nearly 70% since the 70s.

That is because they have sold all the best housing (cheap) and the workers have gone with them, can only get worse with the new proposals.

Rainmaker_uk

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Why?

I've never lived in social housing.

I strongly doubt I ever shall.

So no possible gain to me, if people move out of too-large places.

If you read back I was not referring to anyone on the forum apart from the person I was replying to (mcjordi).

No offence to you at all and apologise if any was inadvertantly taken.