DIANAt951t
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I thought the real problem with housing is that subsequent parties did nothing to tackle the deficit. This is not necessarily labour bashing, but 'new labour' just accepted this was what people wanted. And see what price now. The finance sector trying to make profits on debts, money that did not exist. And it wasn't unique to the UK.
There's obviously a lot of discussion on the bedroom tax, but councils have been bullying vulnerable tenants in housing for years. Over 15 years ago my gran was forced to move out of 3 bed house in the northern isles, to a granny flat. Within 6 months she'd made several suicide attempts, been hospitalised in Aberdeen and her last attempt succeeded.
I dunno if any of my other relatives could have got the money together to buy out the remaining value under Maggie's 'right to buy' scheme but probably would have led to disputes when she was gone. Why do we even need to own property? A friend told me rents in Munich are a third of Cambridge, and average dwelling sizes are significantly larger than the shoeboxes we live in here. Worst of both worlds.
Maggie can rot
There's obviously a lot of discussion on the bedroom tax, but councils have been bullying vulnerable tenants in housing for years. Over 15 years ago my gran was forced to move out of 3 bed house in the northern isles, to a granny flat. Within 6 months she'd made several suicide attempts, been hospitalised in Aberdeen and her last attempt succeeded.
I dunno if any of my other relatives could have got the money together to buy out the remaining value under Maggie's 'right to buy' scheme but probably would have led to disputes when she was gone. Why do we even need to own property? A friend told me rents in Munich are a third of Cambridge, and average dwelling sizes are significantly larger than the shoeboxes we live in here. Worst of both worlds.
Maggie can rot