Council house entitlement!!!

MrsE_2

TBeckett100 wrote: »

In your post you stated that you both had earnings of 17k a year. Hardly poor but then hardly wealthy.

What you post said to me was the following

"we have been given a 2 bed flat to live in by the council which I am paying a lower than market average rent for. However, because my partner has a child from another marriage and comes over once every 2 weeks we would like the taxpayer to provide us with a bigger place to live just so the living arrangements are easier 24 nights out of 365.25 a year.

A weekend usually consists of two nights, there are 52 weekends in a year. Every other weekend makes 26 weekends. 26 weekends x 2 nights is 52 nights!

52 NIGHTS

Have you had your kicks yet, little man?

Smashing

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

He probably wouldn't be counted as needing his own bedroom.

Yep.
What with him not actually needing one and all. :rolleyes:

Councils are supposed to help with what people need, not what they feel they deserve.

neverdespairgirl

TBeckett100 wrote: »

cant the 20, 19 and 18 year old find themselves somewhere else to live or have the apron strings yet to be cut?

That's an odd thing to say. 18 - 20 isn't exactly ancient, it's quite normal (and healthy) for a family to live together in my view.

neverdespairgirl

UK007BullDog wrote: »

My kids are 21 and 19 and still live with us and they will continue to live with us for a long time it seems. .

I see nothing wrong with that at all.

I'm 30, and the eldest of 4 children, and the only one who doesn't live at home. I live with my OH and our son.

My 28 and 24 year old sisters live in my parents' country house, and my 23 year old brother lives with my parents in their London house. My younger sister and my brother are still studying, my 28 year old sister is a junior journalist earning £13k a year.

I just don't see why people "ought" to move out at 18. Family is a good thing!

enigmam

MrsE wrote: »

Is council housing subsidised? Or is it just non (or minimal) profit making, BIG difference.

If people are paying their full rent, where is the handout?

I suspect the reason council houses are so much cheaper than private is not because they are subsidised but because no landlord is making a tidy profit off it.

My daughters friend rents a one bed (or could even be studio flat) from the council & its nearly £100 per week. She may have the council tax (for solo household) factored in this sum, I don't know. But its not chicken feed:rolleyes:

Council housing is subsidised as a lot of the money (if not all in some cases) for development (i.e. building the property in the first place) comes from government grants.

I suppose you could also say if the council was to rent them out at the level of private rents the profits made could reduce council tax bills, so there's an "opportunity cost"

Good luck with the council getting a slightly bigger place. To be honest I'm not sure whether you should get one for someone living there part-time, but good luck anyway. If you don't ask, you don't get

Josie_Jump_3

TBeckett100 wrote: »

In your post you stated that you both had earnings of 17k a year. Hardly poor but then hardly wealthy.

What you post said to me was the following

"we have been given a 2 bed flat to live in by the council which I am paying a lower than market average rent for. However, because my partner has a child from another marriage and comes over once every 2 weeks we would like the taxpayer to provide us with a bigger place to live just so the living arrangements are easier 24 nights out of 365.25 a year.

re-read the post - Eli is saying not saying they earn 17k a year each, she is saying they earn 17k between them.

epsilondraconis

MrsE wrote: »

epsilondraconis wrote: »

NO, enough of taking abuse & not saying boo back.

I understand completely why you say that and I absolutely agree that we shouldn't let people get away with it.

I guess there are no right and wrong answers.

I just think that even if we have been on the receiving end of some unfair / insulting remarks that each of us should try to remain composed and not fire back a volley of abuse.

In the past when I'm driving I've got really rather angry when people have cut me up or something similar. I used to think it was a personal attack on me. This would never manifest itself in violence - I'm not that sort of person - I would just get very angry and bitter about the incident. When my mum remarried, she married someone who was very laid back and was someone that would never get worked up about such a trivial event. It was only when I got to know him I started to think to myself, why am I getting so angry over certain situations. I think the older I get (I'm now 34), the more I realise there is more to life than getting worked up over petty situations.

Each and every day I'm just trying to reduce the amount of stress that I'm exposed to. Being exposed to someones insulting comments on a forum isn't enough to get me worked up anymore.

I'm not trying to preach to anyone here, all I'm trying to say is that I now try taking a step back to evaluate each situaation I find myself in. By taking that time to evaluate, I'm able to ignore many situations don't do me any good in the long run.

So therefore, yes MrsE I agree that you are absolutely entitled to reply to postings that you think are insulting. I guess I've found that by not going down to their level actually helps me feel better in myself and so I now use that as a positive.

tigtag02

Josie_Jump wrote: »

re-read the post - Eli is saying not saying they earn 17k a year each, she is saying they earn 17k between them.

TBeckett even quoted that post and still got it wrong ~ unfortunately the poster is nothing short of a trouble causer!!

MrsE_2

TBeckett100 wrote: »

Mrs E if your happy paying for it.... I reckon she should be granted a 3 bed house on the provisio that the room is let out to vagrants when the bed isnt filled. why should someone sleep on the street in the cold when there is a bed begging most of the year???????????

I'm not paying her rent, she is:rolleyes:

You seriously suggesting families should be made have adult strangers in their house to sleep overnight!!!!
Nice for little children.

Datasafe_2

Eli wrote: »

If I may be so blunt........

OPINIONS ARE LIKE ARS3HOLES....
EVERYONE HAS ONE

True, but the trick is to accept you may not like what they have to say........