First Time buyer - High Social Housing in Neighbourhood

Hannimal

I just cannot understand what it is with this country and some people hating the poor.

freesha

anyone who claims this is snobby, has clearway never lived in or near areas with high SH. It can be vile.

HampshireH

Hannimal said:

I just cannot understand what it is with this country and some people hating the poor.

It's extremely sterotypical to label people in Social housing as poor.

Some are extremely wealthy. Most work. Of course the "poor" as you put it are also accommodated in social housing.

I wish I had been on the housing register as a teen as I'd be in a beautiful 3 bed house by now almost certainly due to rural local connection and very little if any competition with that connection. I'd also be quids in and have saved a fortune.

I didn't and ended up renting for 15 years.

MattMattMattUK

Hannimal said:

I just cannot understand what it is with this country and some people hating the poor.

I do no think the majority hate the poor, they hate anti-social people, who in most people's experience appear to be disproportionately high in social housing. I want to live in a nice, clean, pleasant, zero crime area, apart from that I do not care if my neighbours are on minimum wage or millions a year. Unfortunately social housing in most people's experience comes with an increase in anti-social behaviour and sometimes crime as well, people are not objecting to others income levels, but to their attitudes. 

Gavin83

MattMattMattUK said:

Getting_greyer said:

Heavens, you'll be telling us there's no Waitrose next.

It might sound a bit snobbish, but social housing can have a huge impact. 
A development where a family member lived for six years, it was around 1,700 properties, a mix from single bed flats to 5 bed detached houses. One end was social, the other was private, all build to the same standard, initially a lovely estate. Over time the social end got worse, rubbish in the streets, messy properties, groups loitering (and in time menacing), break ins, muggings, theft from outbuildings etc. and that impacted the value of houses, the closer properties were to the social end the more they were impacted. It is unfortunately that whilst the majority of social housing residents are decent people there are often those who are less than pleasant, and, especially where I live, the council seem to relish putting the absolute scum in the nicest possible areas, on new build sites with families etc. 

I think they believe that if anti social families live around law abiding pleasant people this attitude will rub off on them. It's unfortunately an extremely naïve view to take and it rarely works.

Anyway I wouldn't live in an area with high levels of social housing either. Yes, you can get perfectly pleasant people in social housing and you can get right !!!!!! who own their own home. However poorer people are statistically far more likely to be involved with anti social behaviour and illegal activity. I won't argue with statistics and would rather not take the risk. Yes, it probably is a bit snobby but frankly I earn enough that I can afford to reduce such potential issues.

I expect the type of problem neighbour you get varies based on their socioeconomic circumstances too. I expect problem well off neighbours stems from a sense of entitlement and having more money (parking issues, noisy home improvements, boundary issues) while problem poorer neighbours will be more antisocial issues such as loud music, rubbish and crime.

Despite the above I expect the proximity to the SH has been factored into the price. If it hasn't been then buy elsewhere.