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Originally Posted by Chris
letting them at ....... ratepayer-subsidised rents.
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I think that is false. Rent payers have probably paid the value of council houses and their maintenance several times over (at least) to the profit of the council, and therefore to "rate payers".
I think that Right to Buy was also not policed properly, if at all. I know of several council houses that were bought and quickly resold for a fat profit. And that was against the rules. A house sold before a certain period meant a refund to the council on a sliding scale.
Large new developments are planned here, including "affordable housing" and "new" council houses. It's a con of course, as the "new" houses are planned to be one-for-one replacements for council houses in poor repair that will be demolished. And they're not the older Victorian and pre-war homes either, but ones that were built in the 60's and 70's!
As for young jobseekers not being allowed Housing Benefit, I agree to some extent, unless the home situation is too dire to contemplate. Assisted Living for some disabled persons is/was axed as it is cheaper to keep them at their parents' home. And parents receiving Carers Allowance receive a pittance compared with "professional" carers (or that least the bosses of the companies).
Plus caring for older people will be drastically reduced if the offspring, still at home, are pushed into being their Carers.