New House Misery

darkpool

or we could just stop child benefit and houses for teen mums and watch the teen pregnancy problem disapear in 9 months?

you going to pay for all these classes?

ILW

darkpool wrote: »

or we could just stop child benefit and houses for teen mums and watch the teen pregnancy problem disapear in 9 months?

you going to pay for all these classes?

I think it would take a year or so for them to get the message.

Brallaqueen

Hey hey hey, I take offense at the idea that large families are automatically a bad thing! I'm one of seven from Irish immigrant parents, who came over in the early 70's to work and ALL of us are employed!
Amongst us we count a primary school teacher, a doctor in biochemistry, and a letting agent franchisee with own property portfolio.

ILW

Any size families are fine. AS LONG AS THEY SUPPORT THEMSELVES.

mustrum_ridcully

Brallaqueen wrote: »

Hey hey hey, I take offense at the idea that large families are automatically a bad thing! I'm one of seven from Irish immigrant parents, who came over in the early 70's to work and ALL of us are employed!
Amongst us we count a primary school teacher, a doctor in biochemistry, and a letting agent franchisee with own property portfolio.

I'm sorry to hear that, but 6 out of 7 ain't bad! :D

piglet25

Why is it that single parents are all being described as chavs and teenagers who went out and got in a drunken state and assume they will get housing? Many single parents are such through no fault of their own - some are widowed, divorced, have been in abusive relationships ect. Would the folk on here go and tell a young widowed mother to go to parent class or to the workhouse? What about the young widows we see whose husbands have been killed fighting for our country? Are they to be outcast from society too?
I understand there is frustration when in the queue for social housing, but there are policies held by each authority which are available for anyone to read and if you have a problem with that then theres a complaints procedure you can follow. Housing is based on need, people with 'undiagnosed conditions' need to get themselves diagnosed to see if they have a 'housing' need, which is mainly based on mobility issues, although there are exceptions.
I suggest that instead of harping on about their own situations on a forum, people seek more advice from places like the CAB, and stop blaming those who aren't quick as lucky as yourselves for all your woes.

gemmalouanna

pulliptears wrote: »

First come, first served.

The property is just as likely to go to a hard working couple as it is to the drug users. But of course, people don't research this, they just assume what they read in the papers is true.

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Hardly the same chance to get the houses where I live.
A friend who worked was told that she had to go at 2 pm each day to check house availability ( which of course she couldn't due to working)! So the houses went to the jobless - she was just told that was how they were allocated.

ILW

piglet25 wrote: »

Why is it that single parents are all being described as chavs and teenagers who went out and got in a drunken state and assume they will get housing? Many single parents are such through no fault of their own - some are widowed, divorced, have been in abusive relationships ect. Would the folk on here go and tell a young widowed mother to go to parent class or to the workhouse? What about the young widows we see whose husbands have been killed fighting for our country? Are they to be outcast from society too?
I understand there is frustration when in the queue for social housing, but there are policies held by each authority which are available for anyone to read and if you have a problem with that then theres a complaints procedure you can follow. Housing is based on need, people with 'undiagnosed conditions' need to get themselves diagnosed to see if they have a 'housing' need, which is mainly based on mobility issues, although there are exceptions.
I suggest that instead of harping on about their own situations on a forum, people seek more advice from places like the CAB, and stop blaming those who aren't quick as lucky as yourselves for all your woes.

That is the problem with the fact that no "judgements" are allowed.
There is a massive difference between the young widow and the teenage slapper, but sadly they are not differentiated between when it come to allocation of housing and benefits. That is where it has all gone horribly wrong.

darkpool

Anyone ever thought that if the underclass continue breeding the way they do in a century or so they'll be in the majority? I honestly don't think parenting classes will improve the situation. After all we already throw money at the underclass and the result is they breed like rabbits.

PS i have absolutedly no problem with a widowed mum getting benefits.

SuzieSue

darkpool wrote: »

Anyone ever thought that if the underclass continue breeding the way they do in a century or so they'll be in the majority? I honestly don't think parenting classes will improve the situation. After all we already throw money at the underclass and the result is they breed like rabbits.

PS i have absolutedly no problem with a widowed mum getting benefits.

Yep, one of the many reasons I didn't have children - I'm too worried about what this country will be like in a few decades time.