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Council selling flats
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lincroft1710 wrote: »If the majority of the tenants had exercised their right to buy and then subsequently sold their flats, the OP would be in the same situation. A friend (owner/occ) lives in a block where this has happened, out of 6 flats only 2 are occupied by council tenants, but the council very much retain control of the block. The block is in the borough though, unlike OP's. These flats are in a London Borough, worth about £400K each.
People who bought under RTB do not have an obligation to house people on the waiting list.0 -
That is pretty much what my agreement says and the whole reason I think we should have been consulted. There are a number of leaseholders here who think the same thing. Most of them bought under Right to Buy.
So it is ok for them to buy a council property at a discounted rate without consultation but not ok for the council to sale a property at a fair market price without consultation?0 -
paddycharlie wrote: »So who are the council supposed to consult before selling their property? The next-door neighbour, everyone in the building, everyone in the town/city, everyone in the UK or everyone in Europe?
It would probably be almost cheaper to leave some properties to rot than go through rounds and rounds of consultations and formal processes for every property and having to fight off objections from some people who simply have nothing better to do (I don't mean you).
Under the tenancy agreement they are supposed to consult the residents on any change in the way they manage the block. Do you not think selling them off is within those parameters?0 -
paddycharlie wrote: »So it is ok for them to buy a council property at a discounted rate without consultation but not ok for the council to sale a property at a fair market price without consultation?
I refer my honourable friend to my previous answer about the waiting list.0 -
Under the tenancy agreement they are supposed to consult the residents on any change in the way they manage the block. Do you not think selling them off is within those parameters?
The number of properties they own wouldn't change how they manage the block. Even if they owned 0 properties in the block they could still manage it as before.0 -
I refer my honourable friend to my previous answer about the waiting list.
But what has that to do with consulting you on selling a property? The money could be getting used to buy or build additional properties elsewhere which the council is accountable for but why do you think you have a right to specifically be consulted for every sale of a council asset?0 -
paddycharlie wrote: »The number of properties they own wouldn't change how they manage the block. Even if they owned 0 properties in the block they could still manage it as before.
Except they are not housing people who need housing and have actively worked to discourage people who wanted a tenancy from having one.0 -
paddycharlie wrote: »But what has that to do with consulting you on selling a property? The money could be getting used to buy or build additional properties elsewhere which the council is accountable for but why do you think you have a right to specifically be consulted for every sale of a council asset?
No of course not. I just want them to deliver on their responsibilities.
Looking at what is happening in Hackney or Lambeth it may become 2profitable for them to move us all out to demolish the block and rebuild in partnership with a developer. Selling off the flats could be a first move in that direction couldn't it?0 -
The council should be accountable for providing housing to those who need it and shouldn't be selling off housing stock if it is not being replaced by additional stock.
But how can them selling empty properties on the open market lead to them knocking down the block. Surely they'd need to own all of the properties for that to happen and some of them are already privately owned so how would they knock the block down?0 -
His council tax is going to a different council.Crashy_Time wrote: »Yes, I agree to a point, but he doesn`t fund owner/occs with his monthly council tax, that makes it slightly different, he is in a way a shareholder of the council?
Which may also affect any laws about consultation i.e. this isn't the local housing authority. Haven't looked it up myself though.0
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