Re: Government Ministers to Make Council Housing Allocation Fairer
Having worked in the Council's Housing Division for nearly 30 years, before I took early retirement and voluntary redundancy, I am very interested in how this is going to progress. We had a Financial Voluntary Transfer Scheme in operation, where the Council would pay for those living in under-occupied accommodation to move to smaller accommodation to free up properties for those living in over-crowded properties.Re: Government Ministers to Make Council Housing Allocation Fairer
What they should remember and take into account is that some of those people living in houses too large for them - in the councils eyes - is that they may have been the family home and the person left in it will not want to move. I know that to be the case - there was talk of it years ago that they would force people to move out what was their family home but it fell thru'.Re: Government Ministers to Make Council Housing Allocation Fairer
My thoughts on this (for what they may be worth) are that on the face of it it seems a good idea and aappears to make sense, but if you are not on benefit, and pay your full rent why should you have to move out when your circumstances change. You may have put resources and have spent many years in what is your home. Like Claire says social engineering and why should older people move out. People who don't buy their home and don't live in a council house often use private landlords (remember Rachman in London). Unless there is firm and fair legislation to control private landlords I think some people could become very vulnerable as far as their housing needs are concerned.Re: Government Ministers to Make Council Housing Allocation Fairer
I agree people should move into smaller properties but thier feelings must be taken into account and they must be offered a place and area they are happy in not just chucked in a high rise block of flats.Re: Government Ministers to Make Council Housing Allocation Fairer
They haven't considered the fact, when children grow up and move out that often in a few years time grand children come along and may just want to stay with their grandparents odd weekends or school holidays. Nor have they considered the amount of support some people receive from their close neighbours.Thread Tools | |
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