We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Hello Forumites! In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non-MoneySaving matters are not permitted per the Forum rules. While we understand that mentioning house prices may sometimes be relevant to a user's specific MoneySaving situation, we ask that you please avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics, as these can unfortunately lead to abusive or hateful behaviour. Threads that are found to have derailed into wider discussions may be removed. Users who repeatedly disregard this may have their Forum account banned. Please also avoid posting personally identifiable information, including links to your own online property listing which may reveal your address. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Q
longforgotten
Posts: 1,093 Forumite
Today I was told the following :-
A neighbour who has lived in the same council property all his life is being made to move by the Council. His parents have now died and he lives in the house on his own. He looked after his parents while they were poorly . He has kept the house and gardens are in immaculate condition.
Our village is a close one and this story is getting around thick and fast. I am staggered that the Council can move this person, and not only that, says they cannot re-house him in the village. He will have to move away !
How can this be fair. Surely other things must be taken into account, not just move him because there is only one person in the house ! Have we become that callous !
A neighbour who has lived in the same council property all his life is being made to move by the Council. His parents have now died and he lives in the house on his own. He looked after his parents while they were poorly . He has kept the house and gardens are in immaculate condition.
Our village is a close one and this story is getting around thick and fast. I am staggered that the Council can move this person, and not only that, says they cannot re-house him in the village. He will have to move away !
How can this be fair. Surely other things must be taken into account, not just move him because there is only one person in the house ! Have we become that callous !
0
Comments
-
longforgotten wrote: »Have we become that callous !
No, he has just joined the real world, where the rest of us have resided all our lives.
He still has more rights than the average person who rents in the private sector.
0 -
I know you're right and I unfortunately realised sometime ago that 'the real world' is not fair !0
-
It's maybe 'not fair' that a young family are effectively being denied the opportunity to live in this house for as long as he stays there.0
-
I thought that, as long as there hadn't been a previous succession then a family member could take over the tenancy. I guess there must have been in this case - father dies first, passes tenancy to wife who then dies herself.0
-
longforgotten wrote: »I know you're right and I unfortunately realised sometime ago that 'the real world' is not fair !
May not be fair in one context. However he has had the benefit for many years.0 -
So the deal is make a new family happy by, maybe, ruining someone else's life. He could end up in an area he does not want to live in, knows nobody............ He is not a young person
I still think its unfair. It's like a game of a pass the parcel and he's the parcel ! All for the good of someone else.0 -
If he's not young he has had ample time to plan for his future. He had been living with two other adults in subsided accommodation. Many people would love that luxury, to be able to save and pay for himself to have deposit to buy or rent a home for himself.0
-
He should be able to hold out for something acceptable. A former neighbour did this after his Mother died (family had lived in the house since it was first built in the 50's).Truth always poses doubts & questions. Only lies are 100% believable, because they don't need to justify reality. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Labyrinth of the Spirits0
-
This is almost certainly the case.I thought that, as long as there hadn't been a previous succession then a family member could take over the tenancy. I guess there must have been in this case - father dies first, passes tenancy to wife who then dies herself.
Most adults have to learn to stand on their own two feet at some stage in their lives, and to become responsible for housing, feeding and clothing themselves (and usually their family).
It seems that this gentleman has reached this stage rather later in life than is the norm, but that is not a reason to deny a family in need access to a social housing property that was designed and intended for a family to live in."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0 -
If perhaps the guy was a long term carer then perhaps he wasn't able to sort out his own accommodation.0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.3K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.3K Spending & Discounts
- 245.3K Work, Benefits & Business
- 601K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259.1K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards