Old Conservatives don't understand

[Notch7]

Not people joining waiting lists hoping for a cheap flat who are already adequately housed

Typical nonsense from a Telegraph reader.

You just think everybody is on the scrounge.

 

[Notch7]

of people who are in need...

Plenty of people join waiting lists.

WRONG

Plenty of people apply.

Not many are successful….because there aren’t many council houses, because they got flogged off - you seemed to think a council house sold under RTB doesn’t need replacing because the council waiting list gets smaller

 

[carmanmemoranda]

WRONG

Plenty of people apply.

Not many are successful….because there aren’t many council houses, because they got flogged off - you seemed to think a council house sold under RTB doesn’t need replacing because the council waiting list gets smaller

Youve seen his 2 apples away from 5 apples is still 5 apples comment?

 

[motorbiking]

WRONG

Plenty of people apply.

Not many are successful….because there aren’t many council houses, because they got flogged off - you seemed to think a council house sold under RTB doesn’t need replacing because the council waiting list gets smaller

Not at all. They need to build houses from the money raised. Not spend it on silly projects.

 

[motorbiking]

So only 100,000 people need housing eh

2.8million claimants for Personal,Independence Payment.

Here’s the top 5:

Psychiatric disorders - 1,013,207 claimants​

• This includes mixed anxiety, stress, depressive and mood disorders, OCD and cognitive disorders

Musculoskeletal disease (general) - 573,571 claimants​

• This includes muscle or joint pain and arthritic conditions

Musculoskeletal disease (regional) - 336,862 claimants​

• This includes neck, back, shoulders, elbow, wrists, hands, hip, knee and ankle pain

Neurological disease - 369,361 claimants​

• This includes muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy and other movement disorders

Respiratory disease - 126,916 claimants​

• This includes asthma, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis

Are you suggesting we have 2.8 million homeless people?

We don’t.

People who are adequately housed don’t need the state to find them another house.

 

[JonathanM]

Not at all. They need to build houses from the money raised.

For forty years they weren't allowed to.

 

[Deleted member 221031]

For forty years they weren't allowed to.

They’ve bought plenty of houses lately though. Full estates too.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

For forty years they weren't allowed to.

But let's gloss over that

 

[gas112]

For forty years they weren't allowed to.

Not strictly true they could spend their share of the proceeds of right to buy on new housing providing certain criteria was met

 

[big-all]

Not strictly true they could spend their share of the proceeds of right to buy on new housing providing certain criteria was met

thats why housing trusts come about as councils where not allowed to build new housing and and as they had surplices every year through sale the money at the end off the financial year went back to government for tax cuts or other purposes
[it actually was retained by the council with that amount removed from the next years government grant for the pedantic]

 

[motorbiking]

So in the end more houses were built. Glad we cleaned that up.

 

[big-all]

So in the end more houses were built. Glad we cleaned that up.

where did you draw that conclusion from??
and what specific point is it clearing up??

 

[motorbiking]

Affordable housing supply in England: 2022 to 2023

www.gov.uk

 

[JonathanM]

So in the end more houses were built. Glad we cleaned that up.

The number of social rented homes built by Housing Associations and Registered Social Landlords was quite small. It barely replaced the ones that were torn down for various reasons over the past four and a bit decades. The total number of social rented homes now is two million fewer than before Right to Buy. That is the government's own figure. It is mainly because councils faced severe restrictions on building new homes for forty years. In most situations, they weren't even allowed to use the money from houses sold under RTB to build replacements housing.

 

[JohnD]

"The government's definition when it comes to renting is that affordable homes should cost no more than 80% of the average local market rent."

Which does not mean that they are within the reach of people on low incomes.