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Originally Posted by techguyone
Stop blaming the people living in them, instead direct your wrath at whoever made the policies...
You're all taking out your bitterness on the wrong people, it's not like they have any degree of control over the price the rent is set at is it, for Gods sake look at yourselves all sniping at council house tenants. You should be ashamed of yourselves, you have no idea of their personal circumstances, or whether or not they pay full rate or not.
If you want to bleat and moan about the 'unfairness' of it - and you're not wrong it IS unfair, well guess what?
Life is unfair.
The world is unfair.
I suggest you cry about it to someone who can change it, and not the poor sods who live there and have absolutely no power to do anything about it.
And think before you so blithely say 'Oh well just move out then and let someone else have it' These people will have jobs, kids, family, infrastructure where they are, they can no more just up & go than you lot can.
The stereotypical resentment from some people on this board is frankly mind boggling, I guess the current Govt did a really good job of 'divide and rule' didn't they.
I've been a house owner, I've been a private renter, and now I'm a Council Tenant. I pay full rent.
I've also been employed in middle management, I've been bankrupt, I've been divorced, I've had all sorts of events happen to me that I've had no control over at all. Some of you will to over your lifetime. Think. Before you speak so casually against other people whose lives you have no real idea about. Like mine.
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I frankly do not care about personal circumstances, which is why I said about social housing subsidies being means tested.
Those with the ability to pay market rates, should, simple. It's not a personal dig at all and frankly I'm a bit annoyed that asking for fairness in society and a level playing field is now seen as "bleating"
We need a decent stock of social housing in this country, we also need a good safety net. Rent seeking and everyone claiming that
their personal circumstances are worthy of special treatment while others in similar financial circumstances are not because of who they rent from is absurd.
You are damned right about "divide and rule", you seem to see fit to benefit from what others can only dream of, while in social housing while having no thought of others having to get by in the private sector and worse, that claiming that "It's alright for me gov, why are you moaning" when there is a massive shortage of social housing because of a chronic lack of funding is galling.
Thankfully, there is word that higher earners are to pay market rates, so for once, the policy makers are doing it right:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-10366555.html
If you earn £30,000 a year (£40,000 in London) there is no reason why you shouldn't be paying market rates for housing, ever.