New House Misery

pulliptears

darkpool wrote: »

So it's basically a points based system? Has it not always been that way?

I bet it is still the single mums and asylum seekers that get the council houses.

Funny thing, I know what's going on. My husbands uncles next door neighbour is a copper, but not living with him every day I wouldn't profess to have half a clue about law. Its a funny old analogy but seems to work for a few on here

a quick one before I go.

No, its not the points system at all. Under the points system the single mum and asylum seeker would have been given priority over other individuals. Now they are on the same footing. I don't know how many times I have to state this. Everyone within a banding are on the same footing and the people in that banding can be anyone from a single mum to a working family who have been evicted.

Single Mums and asylum seekers will always be housed, or would you rather see them living in the gutter? A single mum isn't always that way by choice, life is a bitch like that. There are many asylum seekers out there who are genuinely in fear of their lives, But along with those people other needy families will always be housed too, and on an equal basis.

There seems to be a trend for people who are a little bit miffed shall we say that needy people are being given houses. Which brings me back to a comment I made several pages ago

There but for the grace of god go I.

Goodnight.

Incyder

piglet25 wrote:

I think the misunderstanding has arisen from the statement of whoever bids first gettng their chosen property

Yes, first come first served is what pulliptears said originally.
Which is wrong.
Its a good job pulliptears husband knows whats going on cause she hasn't a clue.

skylight

I'm a single Mum and just been offered a HA place. Had to wait 5 years for this. I don't care much for the allocation system (I haven't had to bid for the place here, I have simply been nominated for it) - I am far more grateful that I have it.

But the original points are my concerns too. Its a new-build on a small estate of 65 home with 20 being allocated to HA; all in the corner of the estate. And its worrying me about how my neighbours will be! Daft really, but there you go. There are HA tenants who are also concerned about the Daily Mail hysteria and worried I will be living next door to the crew from Shameless. I will find out soon enough I guess.

Incyder

pulliptears wrote: »

Incyder would like you to believe that only single mums and asylum seekers get gold status, a myth.
.

I did not say that, don't make up lies to prop up your faultering case.

Incyder

pulliptears wrote: »

no priority for anyone at all.
First come, first served.

Rubbish :rotfl:

pulliptears

Incyder wrote: »

Rubbish :rotfl:

dog with a bone aren't you?
pathetic, yet highly amusing.

night honey, Im off to enjoy what's left of my evening, you keep plodding away here

Personally, I think I'll leave OP's thread now to get mildly back on track.

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Incyder

Yes, get yourself off to a pub for your wine and remember at the bar,
it's first come first served.
Unlike HA's.

ILW

pulliptears wrote: »

Funny thing, I know what's going on. My husbands uncles next door neighbour is a copper, but not living with him every day I wouldn't profess to have half a clue about law. Its a funny old analogy but seems to work for a few on here

a quick one before I go.

No, its not the points system at all. Under the points system the single mum and asylum seeker would have been given priority over other individuals. Now they are on the same footing. I don't know how many times I have to state this. Everyone within a banding are on the same footing and the people in that banding can be anyone from a single mum to a working family who have been evicted.

Single Mums and asylum seekers will always be housed, or would you rather see them living in the gutter? A single mum isn't always that way by choice, life is a bitch like that. There are many asylum seekers out there who are genuinely in fear of their lives, But along with those people other needy families will always be housed too, and on an equal basis.

There seems to be a trend for people who are a little bit miffed shall we say that needy people are being given houses. Which brings me back to a comment I made several pages ago

There but for the grace of god go I.

Goodnight.

So to get back to the original point, it would seem that an estate with a large proportion of HA properties will tend to have a higher proportion of single mothers, asylum seekers and others with "issues", than a wholly private estate. Thereby making the private properties less desireable and therefore less valuable. I think that was the OPs concern.

MrsE_2

pulliptears wrote: »

a family who could not afford to rent privately or buy, a family with a disabled child who needs special provision, a family with a disabled adult who requires special provision.

Bob and Sue earning £40k a year between them obviously do not fit this criteria as they have the means to privately rent.

So two working people on a modest wage can go & whistle then...........

ILW

MrsE wrote: »

So two working people on a modest wage can go & whistle then...........

Yep, hence social housing allocation being heavily swayed towards the unemployed (for whatever reason).