apelike Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Well Parliament will soon be in recess till the 5th of September so maybe some of those 650 MP's could give up the second homes in London and let them be loaned out to these homeless people for a while. Perhaps the ones already empty could also be made available. That should start with Jeremy and the rest of the Labour party first as it was his idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Well Parliament will soon be in recess till the 5th of September so maybe some of those 650 MP's could give up the second homes in London and let them be loaned out to these homeless people for a while. Perhaps the ones already empty could also be made available. That should start with Jeremy and the rest of the Labour party first as it was his idea. now , that's a well thought out plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sibon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 The Chief Execs of the London Housing Associations met on Thursday and identified enough properties in London to rehouse everyone who needs it. The properties were offered to the Government as a possible solution. As far as I know, this offer hasn't been taken up yet. I assume that it is politically unacceptabe to move people out of the borough. That said, the Government must be pretty certain that they can rehouse everyone locally as they turned down such a simple solution. It will be interesting to see what they do next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousedd Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) There's almost 1,400 empty properties in the borough. Nobody has to move out. they were talking about requisitioning houses with 1 person living in them in their post ( 118 ) . I don't see what wrong with a hotel till some suitable accommodation is found without requisitioning peoples houses. Edited June 18, 2017 by dangerousedd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 There's almost 1,400 empty properties in the borough. Nobody has to move out. No belongings either. I think people fail to understand that these are properties that are not intended for anyone to live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 does that include their personal property in the requisitioned houses too or will you be nice and give them half an hour to move out? Oh no, present occupier can stay too. I seem to recall someone on here said personal property is theft. Sheffield housing officers, when moving tenants from one property to another, used the term (or still do) "decanting". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 As far as I know, this offer hasn't been taken up yet. I assume that it is politically unacceptabe to move people out of the borough. T If they did that I'd hazard a guess that some people would complain and say it was the start of a form of "social clensing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hah! Nearby newly-built flats have now been purchased for decant purposes, so no need for 'requisitioning' at all. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40357280 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hah! Nearby newly-built flats have now been purchased for decant purposes, so no need for 'requisitioning' at all. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40357280 Good, I'm sure the displaced residents are pleased, it's what they deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewton69 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hah! Nearby newly-built flats have now been purchased for decant purposes, so no need for 'requisitioning' at all. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40357280 It looks like Corbyn has got a Tory government to take housing from rich people and give it to poor people. If that's not leadership, I don't know what is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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