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Originally Posted by Hom3r
What about people like me.
I cannot afford a mortgage in my town, I cannot even get on the council list, (Immigrants don't help) and private prices are beyond a joke a week in Florida is cheaper.
So have to live at home, and my parents are retired and get SFA extra because I work and earn more than the system allows.
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I totally sympathise with you and others in the same predicament. The same for all the young as well. I really don't have any idea what's going to happen. I think it's going to get a lot worse too when 'right to buy' with LHA too which I think is also wrong, I don't believe they'll rebuilt like for like as they say they will.
My wife and I only have a 1 bedroom LHA flat, the wife works full time and I can't work and don't have good long term prospects but we really appreciate what we've got even though we've both had mortgages in the past.
I know that we're surrounded by well off pensioners here, all have 3 bedroom houses, most are living on their own and all Housing Assc paying nearly the same as we're paying for our flat. Because they aren't touched (pensioners) they have no incentive to downsize.
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It seems when we're talking about people that live in council houses then with the sum of £30,000 you're classed as rich but in a negative way. When it comes to hitting those on £35,000 to £70,000 (child support) you're classed a middle classed but in a positive way.