Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Which is how the property market works.
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[Politics] Are Labour going to turn this country around?
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I know half a dozen youngsters who have bought their own homes in the last 6 years, in Sussex. It’s not impossible.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
They gained money to be able to move up. They bought subsidised housing and made money.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
So where is the problem?
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Having paid a fortune over many, many years in rent.
Problem?
- Jul 10, 2003
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Why would I rent my house ?
I bought my house on the private housing market at full market value. I certainly wouldn't buy social housing at a discount, stitching up those who desperately need social housing to 'move up the ladder' and make myself money
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Like Pottymouth Ange?
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Well bully for you, some aren't so fortunate.Why would I rent my house ?
I bought my house on the private housing market at full market value. I certainly wouldn't buy social housing at a discount, stitching up those who desperately need social housing to 'move up the ladder' and make myself money
Ask Pottymouth her intentions.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That depends on the area. Places like Cornwall, Devon, Lake District, etc would enable locals to buy.
The ridiculous thing is youngsters are paying £1100 a month in rent, but banks wont give them a mortgage which would cost the same.
- Jul 10, 2003
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I think you somewhat misunderstand the purpose of social housing and how it was always set up to keep rents down
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Please explain o learned one.I think you somewhat misunderstand the purpose of social housing and how it was always set up to keep rents down
Better still, explain to Ange.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
No answer then?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You tell me, or rather don’t bother with your trite one liners. I simply said it’s not impossible for young couples.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I agree, hard work and it can be done.
Tubby Mondays
Well-known member
Well this is all very hypothetical - how many houses are you talking about being built? If you mean the actual amount that are going to be built then I don't expect prices to fall at all, but it's not correct to say that no amount of house building could reduce prices.
- Jul 10, 2003
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It was originally set up and ran for a good few decades in order to help people who were poorly paid, to keep a roof over their (and their kids) heads and rents were far lower than the private sector.
Then someone thought 'if we sell off all this social housing at a hugely subsidised rates, there should be enough selfish people about, only caring about themselves, to make this work' and just in case, we won't let the very small profits from the sales to be used to build more social housing.
And that (together with a few other supporting reasons) is why we are here today with a huge shortage of social housing and property prices soaring skyward
(I kept it short and simple as I'm aware of your attention span. My tip would be to have a little lie down before you try again
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Tubby Mondays
Well-known member
Who was this ‘someone’ that you speak of?It was originally set up and ran for a good few decades in order to help people who were poorly paid, to keep a roof over their (and their kids) heads and rents were far lower than the private sector.
Then someone thought 'if we sell off all this social housing at a hugely subsidised rate, there should be enough people about, only caring about themselves, to make this work'.
And that's (together with a few other supporting reasons) is why we are here today with a huge shortage of social housing and property prices soaring skyward
(I kept it short and simple as I'm aware of your attention span).
Tubby Mondays
Well-known member
Yeah but that’s fine because each one the council sold they replaced by building another one so that’s all good.It was originally set up and ran for a good few decades in order to help people who were poorly paid, to keep a roof over their (and their kids) heads and rents were far lower than the private sector.
Then someone thought 'if we sell off all this social housing at a hugely subsidised rates, there should be enough selfish people about, only caring about themselves, to make this work' and just in case, we won't let the very small profits from the sales to be used to build more social housing.
And that (together with a few other supporting reasons) is why we are here today with a huge shortage of social housing and property prices soaring skyward
(I kept it short and simple as I'm aware of your attention span).
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Exactly. It wasnt as if each one the council sold for less than market value they then weren't allowed to use that money made to build more social housing either.
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