chem1st Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 A property tycoon's company has bought half the Olympic Village at a knock-down price, months after making a £50,000 donation to the Conservatives. Jamie Ritblat's firm Delancey purchased the site where the athletes will stay during the Games for £557million – an estimated loss of £275million to taxpayers. The investment could net the firm enormous profits, experts say. It plans to let out most of the 1,400 homes. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2041229/Tory-donor-Jamie-Ritblat-snaps-Olympic-Village-knock-price--costing-275m.html#ixzz1Yp9NemXg So that's housing built by the state, and sold at a loss, equivalent to £5.50 per person. I sincerely hope you have paid your taxes people, buy a packet of £7 cigarettes for every member of your household, to help reduce the current government overspending. Don't expect the state to provide you a rental home. Don't even think about living in a shed. And don't you dare try and build your own with out paying the appropriate solicitors, state planning etc. fees. If you are in need of housing to rent in the private sector, please call 0900 RIPPED OFF they can direct you to people offering rental housing in London after the Olympics. This man could become rich by nothing productive whatsoever! And on the streets of London, men sleep homeless, outside the stations, there is a constant stream of people coming to collect tab ends in order to smoke. Welcome to the UK. The government will no doubt round up and hide the homeless come the Olympics in order to project a better image of the UK to the rest of the world. EDIT: Please sign this e-petition if you do not wish to subsidise this B2L landlord to the tune of £5.50 per person. https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/11261 *Only people registered to vote in the UK are eligible to sign the petition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Are you not bothered about the state building this housing then selling it off to their friend on the cheap? Are you happy paying housing benefit of up to £400 a week for these properties? Are you happy that this man could be come rich through government corruption (and without having to do any productive work whatsoever) whilst the common man faces austerity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I drive past those apartments quite a lot. In London they're going to make a killing. Who would we complain to though Chem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard2miss Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Start one of those petitions off and get 10 000 people to have the Government look into who got the back handers for this one. I bet if this made 10 000 signatures it still would not get brought up out of embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Start one of those petitions off and get 10 000 people to have the Government look into who got the back handers for this one. I bet if this made 10 000 signatures it still would not get brought up out of embarrassment. Someone beat us to it. https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/11261 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Someone beat us to it. https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/11261 SIGNED! Please sign this petition if you are registered to vote in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 The only problem with your bleating is that the sale was handled in a professional manner, in accordance with the law, in open competition. The winning bid was assessed to be the best of the bunch, or do you have evidence other than a misreading a report in the Daily Mail? The purchasers will also develop a further 2000 homes on the adjacent site. Surely that make you happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 The only problem with your bleating is that the sale was handled in a professional manner, in accordance with the law, in open competition. The winning bid was assessed to be the best of the bunch, or do you have evidence other than a misreading a report in the Daily Mail? The purchasers will also develop a further 2000 homes on the adjacent site. Surely that make you happy? Who paid for the apartments to be built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 The Olympic Delivery Authority. A planned deal with Lend Lease fell through because, unsurprisingly, the numbers didn't stack up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Erikson Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 The Olympic Delivery Authority. A planned deal with Lend Lease fell through because, unsurprisingly, the numbers didn't stack up. Where did The Olympic Delivery Authority get the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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