Couple with child near me, offered a 2-bed bungalow in social housing!

lighting_up_the_chalice

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

In my experience, it always pays to get the full information from the horse's mouth.

The provider IS the horses mouth. If you want to know how they allocate, look up their allocations policy. It really is that simple.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

You mean they charge heavily subsidised rent. See?

I see you are making the very common mistake of confusing "subsidised" with "affordable". There are parts of the country where private rents are lower than social housing rents. Are THEY subsidised?

Lord_Baltimore

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

The provider IS the horses mouth. If you want to know how they allocate, look up their allocations policy. It really is that simple.

Well there you go, no-one has anything to hide so a few questions here and there can't hurt anyone which is all the OP did in the first place.

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

I see you are making the very common mistake of confusing "subsidised" with "affordable". There are parts of the country where private rents are lower than social housing rents. Are THEY subsidised?

Off topic. Let's concentrate on the specifics of this thread (but nice attempted diversion)

POPPYOSCAR

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

I see you are making the very common mistake of confusing "subsidised" with "affordable". There are parts of the country where private rents are lower than social housing rents. Are THEY subsidised?

Really?

Why go for social housing then, better to move to private.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Well there you go, no-one has anything to hide so a few questions here and there can't hurt anyone which is all the OP did in the first place.

Answering questions when the answer has already been published is a waste of resources. Something I thought you were keen to avoid.

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Off topic. Let's concentrate on the specifics of this thread (but nice attempted diversion)

You brought it up, I just replied. Any diversion was yours.

lighting_up_the_chalice

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Really?

Why go for social housing then, better to move to private.

Security of tenure, repairs being done, right to buy, regulated rent increases, proper complaints procedure with legal redress, succession rights, etc etc etc.

Lord_Baltimore

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

Answering questions when the answer has already been published is a waste of resources. Something I thought you were keen to avoid.

As far as I know, most policy defines a principle; it might not cover all the detail that interests the OP.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

As far as I know, most policy defines a principle; it might not cover all the detail that interests the OP.

Oh no. They detail EXACTLY how they allocate properties. In practice, not principle.

Lord_Baltimore

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

Oh no. They detail EXACTLY how they allocate properties. In practice, not principle.

You've raised my knowledge and interest, thank you.

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

Security of tenure, repairs being done, right to buy, regulated rent increases, proper complaints procedure with legal redress, succession rights, etc etc etc.

Wow! Where do I sign up? This is great!

lighting_up_the_chalice

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Wow! Where do I sign up? This is great!

You sign up with your local Social Housing provider. In many cases, this can be done on-line, so you don't even need to move from your computer. In doing so, you will join the other 1.8 million on the waiting list who also think Social Housing is a good thing.