Poor slightly priced out! Today's Groaner

tartanterra

PasturesNew wrote: »

The problem is most acute in central London, where in two of the country's richest boroughs – Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea – more than 35,000 homes will at a stroke be put out of reach of people on housing benefit.

As they also probably already were for most average working people anyway.

ukcarper

thescouselander wrote: »

Indeed, that sort of money could get you a nice place - it's certainly enough to get a nice flat in Clifton which is one of the poshest areas round here (Bristol).

The £250 is not universal and the 2 bed rate in Bristol is currently £144 a week.

PasturesNew

EdgEy wrote: »

Just seen a bloke renting in Maida Vale apparently being paid £1k/week housing benefit. On the BBC.

Let's see, starting graduate salary £40k in Central London.. hang on.. something doesn't quite add up here...

It was £2k/week. £100k/year.

thescouselander

ukcarper wrote: »

The £250 is not universal and the 2 bed rate in Bristol is currently £144 a week.

That sounds more reasonable I suppose. I wonder why this isn't mentioned in the news.

drc

EdgEy wrote: »

Just seen a bloke renting in Maida Vale apparently being paid £1k/week housing benefit. On the BBC.

Let's see, starting graduate salary £40k in Central London.. hang on.. something doesn't quite add up here...

Was it this guy featured in the accompanying video?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16384739

Derivative

drc wrote: »

Was it this guy featured in the accompanying video?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16384739

Indeed it was. Well, I suppose £1k sounded outrageous enough in my memory - £2k is taking the biscuit.

Simply to afford £100k pa, you'd have to be earning something like £200k gross. That'd have you spending ~90% of your income on rent.

Wikipedia tells me £200k gross puts you around the top 0.5% of UK taxpayers.

I don't really understand why Housing Benefit allows rent to be paid to private landlords at all. Surely it would be far more efficient to simply have the government buy out properties.

drc

EdgEy wrote: »

Indeed it was. Well, I suppose £1k sounded outrageous enough in my memory - £2k is taking the biscuit.

Simply to afford £100k pa, you'd have to be earning something like £200k gross. That'd have you spending ~90% of your income on rent.

Wikipedia tells me £200k gross puts you around the top 0.5% of UK taxpayers.

I don't really understand why Housing Benefit allows rent to be paid to private landlords at all. Surely it would be far more efficient to simply have the government buy out properties.

Yes, I can't believe the taxpayer is paying £2k a week. It doesn't even look like a nice place, just a large ex council house.

This guy has 8 kids so he is probably getting £400 in child tax credits alone per week. The amount he would be getting in total benefits would be somewhere in the range of £120-£140k per year tax free when you include all the satellite benefits (e.g. free school meals alone for 8 kids @ £2 per day is approx £320 per month) :eek:. I wonder where he will move to?

Ilya_Ilyich

EdgEy wrote: »

I don't really understand why Housing Benefit allows rent to be paid to private landlords at all. Surely it would be far more efficient to simply have the government buy out properties.

Please take your communist propaganda out of this forum.