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Old 11-03-2013, 13:49   #11
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Re: Families face eviction from Metropolitan Police property

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
So, they have all known for 7 years that their leases on these homes could never be permanent due to the unavoidable fact that their own landlord, the Met, is not the freeholder. They have been aware for some months of the date they would have to move out. And rather than deal with life as it is, once again we find people who think the State owes them a living simply digging in their heels and hoping reality will go away and leave them alone.
Are you sure that it's not the Met that own the freehold. It seems to be the Met that is selling it. They leased it to Crown Housing Association, and that lease has expired.
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Up to 21 families are being evicted from a property in north London which is owned by the Metropolitan Police.
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Originally Posted by Ramrod View Post
Possibly, but that's for another thread. However, I'm pretty sure that we wouldn't be in this poor financial situation if the last (Labour) government hadn't spent all the money whilst they were in power and sold our gold at the bottom of the market.......
The decision appears to have been taken in 2006, which is before any financial problems were meant to have surfaced.
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