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LHA gravy train still in full swing in London...

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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    lynzpower wrote: »
    Um one of them has no right to remain in the country just suspended here until its safe to return home...while they ask, can they live here permanently instead of returning home

    The other one has the same rights as someone born here.

    I have simplified this as I'm busy.

    My point was that neither shouold have a right to live in a £6000 per month home after leaving a perfectly good place in another part of the country.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    blisk3 wrote: »
    i blame daily mail.

    peeps you're being used, use your brains

    Please explain.

    Are you saying that the story in totally untrue?
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    My point was that neither shouold have a right to live in a £6000 per month home after leaving a perfectly good place in another part of the country.

    If you read the article it actually says

    "Housing benefit was recently capped at £400 per week, but the Khaliifs are able to claim more because they moved before the change came into force. According to property sources, the house was being advertised at a rent of £7,800 per month."
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    ILW wrote: »
    My point was that neither shouold have a right to live in a £6000 per month home after leaving a perfectly good place in another part of the country.

    Don't undersell the property?

    It's £7,800 not £6,000.

    I bet they looked at a couple of £6K per month 'slums' :)
  • blisk3
    blisk3 Posts: 204 Forumite
    blisk3 wrote: »
    i blame daily mail.

    peeps you're being used, use your brains
    What's happening is within rules because of high housing costs & shortage of housing.

    These people are not to blame.

    peeps your brains & don't be manipulated.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    blisk3 wrote: »
    What's happening is within rules because of high housing costs & shortage of housing.

    These people are not to blame.

    peeps your brains & don't be manipulated.

    Total rubbish.

    If you read the article the claimants already had a property provided generously by the state in Coventry.

    The move had nothing to do with housing shortage.

    What was that about using your brains?
  • blisk3
    blisk3 Posts: 204 Forumite
    llubdlog wrote: »
    It was going to be last April but the warnings were so many would be forced to move away from London, it would be a mass exodus like nothing the UK has ever seen.

    The knock on effects would be house prices and rents crashing in London which would crash the housing market in the rest of the country.

    So they have postponed it until next year.
    The crash postponed till next year ? :rotfl:
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    blisk3 wrote: »
    What's happening is within rules because of high housing costs & shortage of housing.

    These people are not to blame.

    peeps your brains & don't be manipulated.

    They appear to have moved out of a place in Coventry at 1/6th of the rent and demanded housing in an expensive part of London. That has little to do with high housing costs and is all about taking advantage of the system at the expense of others.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    blisk3 wrote: »
    Do you know all facts other then prejudiced xenophobe racist rubbish served by daily fail ?

    You seem to be pretty sure of all the facts, tell us what is factually wrong in the article, or is it just pure speculation on your part?
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    blisk3 wrote: »
    Do you know all facts other then prejudiced xenophobe racist rubbish served by daily fail ?

    I am commenting on a story relayed. If you prove the facts they cite to be incorrect I will offer up a full unabridged apology here.

    It's nothing to do with race, that's boring claptrap.

    For the record : I am against any family on long term benefits being able to live in a property outside the means of 90% of the working population. Work and reward have to mean something in society.
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