Council Tenants

Aren't some of the provisions also applicable to Housing Associations (and other form of social housing such as Housing Trusts?), albeit on a voluntary basis?

 

No eyebrows going up from me - when a tenant croaks it - the tenancy passes on automatically to a member of their family.

Result....tenants earning a good wack are taking up social housing - when they could easily afford to buy - which defeats the object of the whole exercise.

Also a few more quid for the empty Council coffers.

 

I've know people losing council houses when the rent book holder dies.
Mostly when not married.

After speaking to a neighbour the other day, I know I would struggle to pay the council rent as it stands these days.
Although I do see the point that any household with £31,000 coming in, is a bit much to be using council housing.

 

Is there anywhere where private rents are sensible??

The buy to rent brigade have really jumped on that bandwagon.

 

Not just that. It's over simplistic for other reasons.

I earn very slightly more that 31k. Yet in our house were a bit skint. That's at least partly because my salary is the only income into our household apart from the pittance that is family allowance or whatever it's called.

But I'm also slightly skint because there are no decent jobs near me. I have to drive quite far every day, using a lot of fuel over a year.

I know there are people on a similar salary to me who are even worse off. They pay higher rent/mortgage and have greater commuting expenses. Equally there are people on a similar income to me living alone and working locally so they are far better off.

Once again, the wisdom of government strikes again. Policy decisions made by people who are simply not equipped to understand the real world. To the policy makers, commuting costs and living costs simply don't compute. In their world all travel and accommodation is just put down to expenses.

 

On the other side of the coin, in another region, a 3 bedroom house can average at half that amount!

So, to base it purely on income is coming at it from the wrong measure; regional differences can make a huge difference! Perhaps two measures need to be accounted for, on that basis: income and regional rented averages?

 

Not only that, they need to increase housing stock before increasing rent prices.. the cheeky mares, so many on the lists everywhere

 

London is rarely "included" in matters of the UK on *any* level! Even the Mayor wanted London to remain a member of the EU *after* Brexit