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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Perhaps another good way of assisting with management of stock would be to stop forcing social housing providers to sell stock into the private sector on substantial discounts.
Over 1/3rd of all right to buy has found its way into the private rented sector.
I entirely agree the social housing providers could do better with their stock, I'm merely of the opinion that enabling them to build more would be a far better way to both improve the availability of social housing and reduce the housing benefit bill.
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I think that's spot on ,no way should the LA's have been allowed to sell off all the stock without replacing at least some of it (hindsight is a wonderful thing
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All this said, as we're talking about fairness perhaps you guys could enlighten me on why this only affects people of working age?
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I must admit that i was surprised that the biggest offenders of under occupying have been given exempt status ,namely pensioners .I would have sooner that disabled people be given exempt status and pensioners given the reduction in benefit .I have today fit 10 windows in a 3 bed house occupied only by an 80 something old woman and there where bungalows built 3yrs ago behind her street on the grounds of an old school specifically for pensioners