Wow!

Percy1983

I live next door to a council house, they are some of the nicest people you could meet.

We do see each other quite often we help each other out all the time.

captainhindsight_2

CLAPTON wrote: »

the current system is that by LAW new building developments must contain 30% social housing ('affordable').
The cost of this social housing has to be recovered by the builder by increasing the price of the 'normal house and/or making then smaller.

So the unfortunate people that buy new builds are forced (by LAW) to subsidise the housing of the social tenants.

You may well think it is a good thing to have such compulsion but when you grow up and have children, you, like so many other lefties hypocrites will change your mind.

I am far from being a leftie I went to one of the most expensive public schools in the country and my children will go to the same school, I went to a prestigious university and I now run my own large construction company. I vote conservative always have and always will.

I just understand that there are wider benefits for society as a whole if communities and people from different backgrounds socialise and integrate rather than being separated from each other in slums of different social classes.

You clearly are to dense to see the wider benefits of a mixed and integrated society across the uk, in rural communities people from different social backgrounds live next door to one another and integrate and it works very well I don't see why this couldn't happen across the country

CLAPTON

captainhindsight wrote: »

I am far from being a leftie I went to one of the most expensive public schools in the country and my children will go to the same school, I went to a prestigious university and I now run my own large construction company. I vote conservative always have and always will.

I just understand that there are wider benefits for society as a whole if communities and people from different backgrounds socialise and integrate rather than being separated from each other in slums of different social classes.

You clearly are to dense to see the wider benefits of a mixed and integrated society across the uk, in rural communities people from different social backgrounds live next door to one another and integrate and it works very well I don't see why this couldn't happen across the country

oh, very funny



PS it's 'too dense' and not 'to dense'; whatever would your English teacher think?

captainhindsight_2

CLAPTON wrote: »

oh, very funny



PS it's 'too dense' and not 'to dense'; whatever would your English teacher think?

It's true.

Probably wouldn't care as most intelligent people know if it can be understood that's all that matters

wotsthat

CLAPTON wrote: »

on new estates, the social housing is indeed generally to one side but the expensive houses are nearby depending of course on the size and structure of the development

Yes I know as I live near some delightful social housing on my estate.

I was talking about the 'risk' of finding yourself in a £500k house with social tenants for neighbours. It's tiny because..

a) £500k houses are uncommon
b) On new estates the social housing is a small % of the total

CLAPTON

wotsthat wrote: »

Yes I know as I live near some delightful social housing on my estate.

I was talking about the 'risk' of finding yourself in a £500k house with social tenants for neighbours. It's tiny because..

a) £500k houses are uncommon
b) On new estates the social housing is a small % of the total

on new estates, the social housing quota is 30% by law. (it's called 'affordable housing' )

Bantex_2

wotsthat wrote: »

Yes I know as I live near some delightful social housing on my estate.

I was talking about the 'risk' of finding yourself in a £500k house with social tenants for neighbours. It's tiny because..

a) £500k houses are uncommon
b) On new estates the social housing is a small % of the total

In most of London you cannot buy a house for less than £500,000

captainhindsight_2

CLAPTON wrote: »

on new estates, the social housing quota is 30% by law. (it's called 'affordable housing' )

I am pretty sure this isn't true, it's part of the section 106 agreement with the developer and is discretionary and can be upto 50%

wotsthat

Bantex wrote: »

In most of London you cannot buy a house for less than £500,000

Of course.....London.

IveSeenTheLight

captainhindsight wrote: »

I don't believe that no because go into any village you see diverse properties and people next door to each other

Not in the same street as you infer.

Here's a good example of the closest you will see

Belhelvie Cairn View

Is an extension street in a village.
It actually has 2,3,4 & 5 Beds in the street (The 2 beds were part of the affordable housing requirement)
Round the corner there are 3 bed terraced.

I don't think these have provided the social benefit you have hoped for

I know of another scheme where all the residents had a central social club, run and funded by the residents.
I believe there was about 5 of these set up and only one which is still running