Where all the money is going..

[maxmaximus]

That would be my suggestion for this case. Their rent [the case on the film] was £700/wk. I could find a house for them for less than that, per month.

 

Mine too, the council should move them here and it will cost the tax payer very little.

 

Derelict buildings in Stoke, Staffordshire are being sold for a nominal fee in a bid to reinvigorate the area

 

 

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Perhaps Westminster Council might like to think about buying some land in a somewhat cheaper area, building council housing on it, putting their homeless people into that housing and then handing the housing over - as a free gift - to the council where the cheaper land is located.

 

Is land any cheaper in South Yorkshire?

 

Do you think Sheffield council would like a few hundred new council houses? (With tenants, of course.)

 

Probably not.

[TJC1]

We dont need to be keeping 5, 6 child families. It's irrisponsible. If parents can't feed, house and cloth them without massive state subsidies perhaps we should consider turning families away from the UK or introducing a 1/2 child cap on existing families.

Seen as they are Here and we can't see the kids on the streets, there are plenty of properties in greater London.

The council are flabby, lazy and offensive wasting money like this when people up and down the land struggle to pay bills.

[gnvqsos]

We dont need to be keeping 5, 6 child families. It's irrisponsible. Seen as they are Here and we can't see the kids on the streets, there are plenty of properties in greater London, the council are flabby, lazy and offensive wasting money like this when people up and down the land struggle to pay bills.

 

Your comments make Grant Shapps sound professional and competent.

[I1L2T3]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21362391

 

Homeless families huge hotel rent bills 12k p/month! Firstly, why have so many kids if you can't afford to keep them? and what on earth are westminster council thinking?? this is a scandalous misuse of public money.

 

It's where some of the money is going. Obviously it would be better if these families were put into a flat or a house but if that was done then people would be complaining about them being housed in expensive properties in London.

 

Maybe they could be sent out of London to cheaper areas but there is not always enough housing supply and support services in other areas.

 

Max's idea of utilising unused property is a good one but it would have to be done very carefully - there is a risk of creating ghettos of marginalised people in areas where economic opportunities are not good. To do it carefully costs money, lots of money beyond actually providing a house.

 

There's no easy solution. It wouldn't be such a problem if the economy was more healthy - during times of greater prosperity these sorts of issues tend to be less prevelant.

[TJC1]

Your comments make Grant Shapps sound professional and competent.

 

Cap it at one child. China did it, why should I not be able to have children when these people are sucking the state dry.

 

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It costs 200k to raise a child. And these numpties have loads of them. Then the council compound the problem by putting them up in hotels. It could of been a hostel.

[I1L2T3]

Cap it at one child. China did it, why should I not be able to have children when these people are sucking the state dry.

 

If you capped it at one child then over time the population would become disproportionately aged and still suck the state dry. There wouldn't be enough people working and paying tax to fund the pensions and care of older people. You'd need an influx of young immigrants to make up the difference.

[truman]

. You'd need an influx of youngworking immigrants to make up the difference.

 

I've added a word for you..

[I1L2T3]

I've added a word for you..

 

Thanks, yeah that would be the point of bringing them in.

[WeX]

if people have no job but their housing costs are too high, they need to move, just like our forebears did.

[alchresearch]

Relocate them somewhere cheaper maybe.

 

Wasn't this planned last year? A London council wanted to move people to the midlands or the north.