Argh housing association/council housing!!

@angelcake Said

In the area we need to live in there's nothing that is ground floor for under ?750 pure rent throw on top of that council tax and bills etc and we'll have run out of money without having money to eat!!

@Silver_Lining Said

f***ing hell! That is shocking!

@angelcake Said

I don't get how people get in sooo quick. I've been on the list 18 months for housing association housing not even council housing and we're still no closer!! We're classed as high priority (which is the one under the people that have been literally turfed out) for a few reasons and one of the main ones is we live in a 1st floor flat with external stairs and a young child that requires carrying up and down these stairs (it's a larger/longer staircase than normal).

Thing is I would happily move to a smaller house where I didn't have to worry about slipping down the stairs and cracking my head/my son's head open but there is no where affordable round here. In the area we need to live in there's nothing that is ground floor for under ?750 pure rent throw on top of that council tax and bills etc and we'll have run out of money without having money to eat!!

It just pisses me off people join the register and lie about their situation (I've known loads of people to 'bend' the truth to get themselves bumped up priority wise) while people that are working hard to earn a living/take care of their children are left to struggle.

@angelcake Said

That's 2 bed as well not even 3!! Things on the first floor are between ?650 and ?700 but that doesn't solve the problem of being on the first floor!!

@treebee Said

All councils have to take in a certain amount of s*** tenants from other councils.

Which means those who get lovely new homes and trash them entirely and evicted for not paying rent, antisocial behaviour and noise pollution go right to the top of another councils waiting list.

Where is the logic in this?

@angelcake Said



If we could get into a housing assocation house for 5/6 years we could buy a house and get out of the system whereas people getting houses seem to think it's their god given right to be given a house (which effectively is almost owned as they can do whatever they want to it!! ) for pittance forever!!!

@Silver_Lining Said

I'd like to just explain that my parents fall in the category of living in their council house for "forever" but they did try to buy it off the council but the council tried to screw them over on the payment.

@treebee Said

All councils have to take in a certain amount of s*** tenants from other councils.

Which means those who get lovely new homes and trash them entirely and evicted for not paying rent, antisocial behaviour and noise pollution go right to the top of another councils waiting list.

Where is the logic in this?

@angelcake Said

There's nothign wrong with staying the house forever, don't get me wrong it's the people that think it's their god given right to that house. The people who abuse the system and don't bother paying their rent regularly at all and just generally take the piss.

And if your parents tried to buy it they definitely don't sound like they fall into that category.

@Cheese_face Said

Zero logic. People who don't pay rent, don't work/anti social/general turds for reasons you gave, should not be made priority above honest working families in need of a little help.