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Council house rant....
vodooelephant
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WE have been on council house for 4 years....
But silly us... we got a job and got married before we decided we should have children... now we are in a privately rented 2 bed house witht he 5 of us...
Overheard woman in Tesco earlier saying how she went out and 'got' pregnant so she could jack her job in - council just given her a brand new 2 bed house all bills paid.....
I am fumming :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Takes me back as to when we first applied and the chap there told us we have no chance.... even suguested that if i were on my own with the kids we may have better luck !!!
Still her baby deffetley fell from the ugly tree.. obviously it dark in the 'club'
But silly us... we got a job and got married before we decided we should have children... now we are in a privately rented 2 bed house witht he 5 of us...
Overheard woman in Tesco earlier saying how she went out and 'got' pregnant so she could jack her job in - council just given her a brand new 2 bed house all bills paid.....
I am fumming :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Takes me back as to when we first applied and the chap there told us we have no chance.... even suguested that if i were on my own with the kids we may have better luck !!!
Still her baby deffetley fell from the ugly tree.. obviously it dark in the 'club'
"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.":beer:
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Hopefully the system will be updated to prevent pregnancy being rewarded with housing.0
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similar situation at work.....overheard an immigrant bragging about how he had been in the country 2 weeks and got an 3 bed council house.....and there was me technically classed as homeless, waiting to be re housed. still am, although fingers crossed, it is all about to happen.0
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similar situation at work.....overheard an immigrant bragging about how he had been in the country 2 weeks and got an 3 bed council house.....and there was me technically classed as homeless, waiting to be re housed. still am, although fingers crossed, it is all about to happen.
Fingers crossed for you...
The other thing i get really angry about (happed alot at daughters nursery) was people having more and more kids to get bigger house's
Having 5+ kids just to get a bigger place?"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.":beer:0 -
Yawn.
All been said and done before hasn't it?0 -
OP: I feel for you. You get punished for doing the right thing and rewarded for doing the wrong thing. The benefits system is in freefall and encourages you to do the wrong thing to get our (taxpayers) money.
Only in Britain can you be better off on benefits than in work.Everyone is entitled to my opinion!0 -
vodooelephant wrote: »Fingers crossed for you...
The other thing i get really angry about (happed alot at daughters nursery) was people having more and more kids to get bigger house's
Having 5+ kids just to get a bigger place?
Sounds a bit like the OP.0 -
vodooelephant wrote: »Takes me back as to when we first applied and the chap there told us we have no chance.... even suguested that if i were on my own with the kids we may have better luck !!!
A relative and his wife and child were living near here (central south) and wanted to move down the westcountry to be nearer her parents. They are both not working and lived in a council flat here, so she moved in with her parents in the westcountry, claimed they had broken up and was given a flat (or house, not sure), then they "made up" and he moved down there to join them.
And I wonder why I bother working!0 -
vodooelephant wrote: »WE have been on council house for 4 years....
But silly us... we got a job and got married before we decided we should have children... now we are in a privately rented 2 bed house witht he 5 of us...
Overheard woman in Tesco earlier saying how she went out and 'got' pregnant so she could jack her job in - council just given her a brand new 2 bed house all bills paid.....
I am fumming :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Takes me back as to when we first applied and the chap there told us we have no chance.... even suguested that if i were on my own with the kids we may have better luck !!!
Still her baby deffetley fell from the ugly tree.. obviously it dark in the 'club'
Social Housing is allocated on the basis of need. It matters not if you are employed or married.
Clearly you (and I) know nothing of this "woman in Tesco" personal circumstances or her level of housing need.0 -
similar situation at work.....overheard an immigrant bragging about how he had been in the country 2 weeks and got an 3 bed council house.....and there was me technically classed as homeless, waiting to be re housed. still am, although fingers crossed, it is all about to happen.
You either are classed as homeless, or you aren't. "Technically classed as homeless" is usually an expression used by those who aren't.0 -
A relative and his wife and child were living near here (central south) and wanted to move down the westcountry to be nearer her parents. They are both not working and lived in a council flat here, so she moved in with her parents in the westcountry, claimed they had broken up and was given a flat (or house, not sure), then they "made up" and he moved down there to join them.
And I wonder why I bother working!
Social Housing isn't as difficult to obtain in some areas as many would have you believe. That includes many parts of the West Country.0
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