27-02-2018, 12:08 PM
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There are plenty of non tories own rental properties too, I do occasionally wonder if it's the owners or the agencies at fault though, I know a few people who want to rent to benefit claimants aren't predudiced against them but their agents refuse to do it.
27-02-2018, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Barry
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Not many manual workers that I know have a company car Swims, they mainly dig holes in the road or serve in a restaurant....
Hi
I was not referring to manual workers Barry, but to specialist well trained officers, such as Chartered Engineers, particularly structural, contaminated land specialists, expert witnesses and things like Chartered EHOs with Advanced HACCP,the ones who can sign off on food exports etc.
03-03-2018, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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There are plenty of non tories own rental properties too, I do occasionally wonder if it's the owners or the agencies at fault though, I know a few people who want to rent to benefit claimants aren't predudiced against them but their agents refuse to do it.
For the perfectly good reason that as the housing benefit goes to the claimant not the landlord there is no incentive to pay the rent.
Eviction takes endless time and money .
Not all landlords are fithly rich rachmans why should they have to be charities ?
03-03-2018, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Well I can only speak for my area Barry, I have a friend who works full time in the care industry, she and her husband both work hard. But their rent for a two bed flat (they have two sons) is over £1000 a month. They do their best, have to have a car for her work, they work opposing shifts so no child care costs. Neither drink or smoke. They haven't resorted to food banks but often have a week with no electric because they can't afford to recharge their leccy card. They are fairly typical of people on nmw and having to rent privately. The only hot food they get is weekends when they go to his parents, the kids always get fed they prioritise that but themselves they don't.
Its supply and demand there are few houses too many people and not enough social housing .
Are your friends on the council housing list ?
How can they not eat ?
One big serving of spaghetti will feed four using the same heat as for two ?
03-03-2018, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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There are plenty of non tories own rental properties too, I do occasionally wonder if it's the owners or the agencies at fault though, I know a few people who want to rent to benefit claimants aren't predudiced against them but their agents refuse to do it.
03-03-2018, 10:00 AM
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I have two friends who rented at very reasonable rent to benefit claiments .They both stopped paying court procedures had to be taken in order to evict them it took over a year in one case during which they didn't pay any bills either .Its caused my friends who are not well off 'Tories 'much stress worry and a lot of money .
03-03-2018, 12:00 PM
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These days 20-35k isn't enough if you have a family. Rents are high in areas where the jobs are. There's high demand for rental property there and you have landlords with high mortgages because property prices are high. So they will only rent if they can meet the interest payments. If these people sell then there will be even less property in these areas available for rent. They will want to make enough from the house sales to meet their mortgage balance. It's a vicious cycle. Increasing controls in the rental sector will just mean there are fewer properties and they will be more expensive if there are higher costs for landlords. The upcoming tax changes on buy to let will mean lots of people will sell in the next twelve months, but that doesn't mean ordinary people will be able to afford to buy.Nurses should be eligible for some NHS accommodation but maybe that doesn't include those with families. The lower scales can't recruit because nobody can afford to live in some areas. So the NHS has a staffing crisis.
The government isn't doing anything in the short term to alleviate this. They are just trying to pass costs to landlords, but the problem is the housing boom and the only solution is for the government to invest in more cheap social housing.
03-03-2018, 12:56 PM
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My partner is a nurse....Band 5 ......and does quite nicely, thank you.she counts her blessings and knows she has long term, well paid employment with good sickness and holiday provision and a decent pension.....
Nurses do alright, I can assure you!
03-03-2018, 01:12 PM
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If your in a private rent for say...4 years and pay the rent bang on the nail every month without fail. Then suddenly your place of works goes bankrupt and your chucked on the dole, You have to claim benefits....Are you kicked out of your home by the landlord?
I was under the impression that the renter had the choice of the rent rebate check coming to themselves or going straight to the landlord.. After all it's only a small number of renters who would mess with the roof over their head, and most of the people on benefits are good tenants and just want to get on with their lives........Just askin. 
03-03-2018, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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These days 20-35k isn't enough if you have a family. Rents are high in areas where the jobs are. There's high demand for rental property there and you have landlords with high mortgages because property prices are high. So they will only rent if they can meet the interest payments. If these people sell then there will be even less property in these areas available for rent. They will want to make enough from the house sales to meet their mortgage balance. It's a vicious cycle. Increasing controls in the rental sector will just mean there are fewer properties and they will be more expensive if there are higher costs for landlords. The upcoming tax changes on buy to let will mean lots of people will sell in the next twelve months, but that doesn't mean ordinary people will be able to afford to buy.Nurses should be eligible for some NHS accommodation but maybe that doesn't include those with families. The lower scales can't recruit because nobody can afford to live in some areas. So the NHS has a staffing crisis.
The government isn't doing anything in the short term to alleviate this. They are just trying to pass costs to landlords, but the problem is the housing boom and the only solution is for the government to invest in more cheap social housing.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a8233011.html
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