Earlier this morning, Ian Duncan-Smith, the former leader of the Conservative Party was talking about people living in council houses ought to be encouraged to improve their situation by moving into private rented accommodation. Why would they want to do this though, and give up a lifetime tenancy with all their repairs taken care of?
Although I'm fortunate with where I live and that my landlord is decent and fair; not everyone renting in the private sector is so lucky.
I'd love to have a council house myself; but I'm not eligible to even go on the waiting list because I'm a single male without children, no serious medical condition...and several other reasons.
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His answer to the council housing shortage is to throw people who can afford there own place, out, freeing up the council properties for those who can.
A fair proposition in theory but it would ghettoise polarise and stigmatise. In a community there must be a mix of the populous.
There are areas in my own city ,Glasgow where this has happend and the minute an prospective employer see's the area postcode the application is binned.
If they want council houses build them and don't sell them.
Nice post.