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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I thought that was the idea behind it? To free up larger properties for families?
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It's certainly part of the intention but you can't force people to move if they are up to date with rent
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Originally Posted by rhyds
Two of my friends have been able to either get a council house for the first time or move to a larger one now that properties are being freed up.
The thing is, this policy has been in place for years for those in private rented accommodation.
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getting some on here to accept that is proving very hard
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Originally Posted by nomadking
The fairness is that it is something that those in the private rented sector have had to deal with all along. People keep bitching about too little 1/2 bed social housing being built. Although in the area around me, quite a lot of 1/2 bed social housing has been built. It has been all too easy to put people in oversized housing, because the tenants didn't care about how the rent was going to be paid. The housing associations could build loads of unneeded 3/4 properties. Now they can concentrate more on building 1/2 bed properties, with demand for 3/4 bed ones being supplied by the ones freed up by people with spare bedrooms.
Housing associations are financed by central government and recycling rent money.
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Exactly , this policy may actually focus some LA's and HA's in managing the stock a bit more efficiently