Re: Affordable homes
Originally Posted by
The Artful Todger
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Then they should be sold to or transferred to an independent housing trust together with all liabilities.
In fact ALL social housing owned by ALL councils should be transferred out in the same way.
Originally Posted by
big ben
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It must be wonderful to be in a position where you don,t care a damn about the lesser well off and those living on the bread line who cannot afford a home of their own.
I took Todgers post to mean .... Housing Trusts are better than councils at providing & managing social housing.
We have a couple of good Trusts around here that auction off dilapidated old houses, (they're in a conservation area so have to be nicely done up by the new owners), and put the money toward the building of new blocks ... suitable housing for the elderly, disabled, first-time-buyers and those who can afford to pay £500K+ on two bedrooms. Private, social & part-ownership in one block.