gnvqsos Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Tea Fan Well done for reminding readers that the tories forced all councils to make houses available for sale at a discount.Any Labour council selling houses does so to comply with the law,not to fulfil their own objectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Tea Fan Well done for reminding readers that the tories forced all councils to make houses available for sale at a discount.Any Labour council selling houses does so to comply with the law,not to fulfil their own objectives. Do you think the right to buy is wrong then? I dont myself,the problem was the housing stock was not replaced thats the problem,not having aspirations to better oneself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Right to Buy and the new Right to Buy are Camden Council policies? Ok then. By the way, there's a thread further down that you haven't commented on yet. I think they still have the right to build. Knock up a couple of HLMs and the "problem" they are whining about is sorted. Not sure what the other thread you refer to is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloom Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Tea Fan Well done for reminding readers that the tories forced all councils to make houses available for sale at a discount.Any Labour council selling houses does so to comply with the law,not to fulfil their own objectives. Absolutely correct BUT Labour were in long enough to change that law, weren't they? At least you know you get what it says on the tin with the Tories. Unlike Labour, and especially unlike the LibDems, or a wide range of 'beef' products available in our supermarkets. ---------- Post added 15-02-2013 at 00:39 ---------- Do you think the right to buy is wrong then? I dont myself,the problem was the housing stock was not replaced thats the problem,not having aspirations to better oneself. It was Thatcher's policy that council tenants should have the right to buy and also that the proceeds could not be put back in to repleneshing the council housing stock. What a wonderful, compassionate, human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 The Condems want London to have a prettier face, so the rich can make more money there and keep it in their overseas bank accounts. The poor are a blot on the landscape. This "economic cleansing" started a while back. London is too good for them, but Sheffield isn't apparently. Its London, shifting their problems some where else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-minx92 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 What are you talking about? Didn't you know that 93% of people in receipt of housing benefit in London are working households and therefore taxpayers, like yourself? Rents have just outstripped demand. Not sure what that has to do with anything. If my rent went up to a point where I couldnt afford it why should I expect someone else to foot the bill? I should down size or move to a cheaper area whether im employed or unemployed. I think you mean demand has outstripped supply- hence rents go up. Thats how a free market works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 So move people around en masse and create problems for councils in the North, extra school and GPs surgery places required, more people on the roads but never mind it is North of Watford so why they hell should London care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Do you think the right to buy is wrong then? I dont myself,the problem was the housing stock was not replaced thats the problem,not having aspirations to better oneself. Nothing wrong with renting....the aspiration to own your own home without sufficient means is the problem. As many people are finding out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Odd that you blame the government. The last government should shoulder most of the blame because they increased the population whilst degreasing housing supply; it’s not rocket science to figure out what the consequences would be. my bold how do you degrease housing supply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 my bold how do you degrease housing supply? Didn't Kim & Aggie have a series on telly showing us how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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