Redundant on 30/11/12 - what can I claim, and when please?

plum2002

Private rents are way inflated in relation to the average wage, thanks to the Right to Buy scheme there simply isn't enough social housing. Lets not forget that before the selling off of council houses as a vote winner there wasn't necessarily the expectation that we all had to aspire to home ownership.

LunaLady

The rent is cheaper than market rates, thats a given.

The fact therefore is that the council is not making as much money as it could from renting, therefore its being subsidised.

PasturesNew

Morlock wrote: »

Oh God, not again. How is council housing subsidised?

Apart from anything else: no fees to move in, no fees every 6 months to renew your tenancy (many people pay this to secure the place for the next 6 months), no check out inventory when you're being thrown out as the landlord wants to sell it, no repeat-the-same-fees every time you have to move (maybe several times in the next 5 years) as various landlords either raise the rent to even more stupidly higher rates or want to sell it. No fat deposit to stump up, no fear of losing your deposit because you put a shelf up ....

Morlock

LunaLady wrote: »

The rent is cheaper than market rates, thats a given.

The fact therefore is that the council is not making as much money as it could from renting, therefore its being subsidised.

You seem to be confused about the definition of 'subsidised', as that makes no sense whatsoever.

Morlock

PasturesNew wrote: »

Apart from anything else: no fees to move in, no fees every 6 months to renew your tenancy (many people pay this to secure the place for the next 6 months), no check out inventory when you're being thrown out as the landlord wants to sell it, no repeat-the-same-fees every time you have to move (maybe several times in the next 5 years) as various landlords either raise the rent to even more stupidly higher rates or want to sell it. No fat deposit to stump up, no fear of losing your deposit because you put a shelf up ....

That doesn't address the question in any way, because private landlords impose of all those conditions on tenants, that does not prove that council housing is subsidised.

LunaLady

The Housing Minister seems to think that council housing is subsidised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16376455

miduck

Morlock wrote: »

How is someone who pays their own rent whilst living in council housing being subsidised?

Rent being cheaper is not a subsidy, it means that less profit goes to the landlord.

How do you think the social housing stock exists? Are you suggesting these houses simply appeared out of free air?

plum2002

Grant Shapps is failing at his job and frantically looking round for things to distract people from looking closely at that. The country needs more social housing, I object far more to my taxes going to greedy private landlords than i do to people getting housing benefit or for building much needed social housing.

Morlock

LunaLady wrote: »

The Housing Minister seems to think that council housing is subsidised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16376455

That suits his anti-welfare agenda. Council housing rents generate more capital per annum than the subsidies they receive, creating a multi-million pound profit for the treasury.

miduck

plum2002 wrote: »

Grant Shapps is failing at his job and frantically looking round for things to distract people from looking closely at that. The country needs more social housing, I object far more to my taxes going to greedy private landlords than i do to people getting housing benefit or for building much needed social housing.

I agree, but according to Morlock the govt don't subsidise social housing so there won't be any money to build anymore.