Panorama; Council Housing.

dmg24

Humphrey10 wrote: »

I'd want more than £4k if I had a council tenancy to sell.

Edit: 93k households want to live in Sheffield? Wow. Have they been there? It's not very nice. I've lived there.

I'm talking to the TV now eg 'Well then you should stop breeding, you stupid woman!' I shouldn't watch these programs, they make me angry.

But she bidded, and she bidded ...

I can think of something else she did repeatedly too!

Graham_Devon

See I'm watching this, and a couple on right now, baby on the way, unemployed, and shes crying because she wants a nice house.

Meanwhile, shes in a very nice house, just benefits don't pay enough for them to stay in it.

The "work" word seems to be the great elephant in the room. I'd be all for them getting a place if her partner worked. But neither of them do, and are bringing a child into the world. I'm sure the benefits system is some part to blame here as they would probably be even worse off if he worked. But it's not all the fault of the benefits system.

Brodiebobs

but if they worked they wouldn't have a chance in hell....

thats the motivation.

McKneff

The blonde is just as bad, both of them not working, housing mostly paid for and yet they bring a child into the world, then moan about not being able to get a cheap council house.

Salz

Have now turned it over to If Walls Could Talk - before I throw something at my TV, which isnt a 15 ft Widescreen because my OH and I both work so have to pay our own way

McKneff

What channel is If Walls Could Talk on

RuthnJasper

I don't have a TV, so am going to download and watch it on the iPlayer in a bit.

First thing I did when I moved from my parents' home into my little Housing Association house with Jasper-dog was to get rid of EVERYTHING non-essential. The first things to go were the Sky subscription and the terrestrial channels (I have a little set for watching DVDs or Videos, but it isn't connected to an aerial). It is PERFECTLY possible to live a normal life without Sky and flat-screen tellies, plus Playstations for the uneducated baby-thugs, Wii-fits to be ignored by the obese households, etc...

Life IS hard - but it's worth making these sacrifices so that I will be OK when I'm older. And I've never had a penny in state benefits or allowances. Think I'd better check my blood pressure before and after watching the programme and put NHS Direct on standby...! :rotfl:

Incidentally, did anyone see that series 'Neighbourhoods Watched' a few months ago. On the BBC also. Very interesting.

P.S. Today's Jasper-joke: Who would win a fight between a Rat and a Hedgehog? The hedgehog would win... but only on points.

Salz

McKneff wrote: »

What channel is If Walls Could Talk on

BBC3 - much less irritating

jackieb

A genuine question - when did being a council house tenant start being a bad thing? I was brought up in a council house, as were most of my friends. We lived in lovely, well kept houses with tidy gardens. We had like-minded neighbours. Went to Sunday school. Dad worked. Mum stayed at home. When I got married we lived in a council house for 8 years, until we bought our first house in 1995. I didn't feel like a chav (not that i'd have known what one was). My husband worked but wasn't paid enough to be able to buy anywhere. There are plenty of decent people who live in council housing, yet I don't think i'd ever want to go back to one now. Not that i'm a snob (because I know where I started out and i'm not ashamed of it), but because of the reputation that seems to come with living in a council house nowadays.

Humphrey10

Salz wrote: »

Have now turned it over to If Walls Could Talk - before I throw something at my TV, which isnt a 15 ft Widescreen because my OH and I both work so have to pay our own way

Maybe I should do that too. I wouldn't want to hurt my TV.

Mine is a lovely fancy top of the range 42 inch new panasonic plasma, but I can afford that because I live in a 1 bed place (that I had to pay 6 months rent + 1 month deposit up front, because I had no references due to only staying in bedsit type places before) not a massive house like all these council tenants, work full time, and don't have children.

4 years ago I was unemployed, had zero money, had to stay with parents, and the highest qualifications I had were A levels. It is possible to get a job. I had two before the current one also, I left each one because the next one paid more. You just need to be prepared to move away from places with no jobs! Why do people insist on living in places with no jobs?

I love the council woman's hair though.