Well said. Meanwhile people like robfosters think its great people made fortunes on the ludicrous property bubble we had in this country, whilst screwing over generations to come
Anyone bought there council home?
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Well said. Meanwhile people like robfosters think its great people made fortunes on the ludicrous property bubble we had in this country, whilst screwing over generations to come
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Well said. Meanwhile people like robfosters think its great people made fortunes on the ludicrous property bubble we had in this country, whilst screwing over generations to come
It's called luck of the draw mate. Council houses don't die with people. They can be handed down to other generations.
But for every young* person that gets gifted a house from their parents there's probably 100 that want tro buy a modest first home and can't. The system is broken, there's no denying that.
*its not like your parents can gift you a home when you're still young, as they'll still need it. It's more likely you'll get it when they die and you're 60 odd. That's all well and good but like I say, doesnt help first time buyers.
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I don't get your logic. If right to buy did'nt exist, then the house would revert back to the council and another family would move in. The house would not be available at a bargain price for a first time buyer, so how would this help them exactly?
I was only agreeing with what MrMoonX said about right to buy. Social housing should be for the most needy. If you're earning anything over minimum wage then you can survive in the private rental sector like the rest of us, and your house can go to someone who needs it more. The right to buy argument isnt really relevant to my attitude towards the broken housing market- what I said there was just picking up on your earlier comment.
Grandparents bought their colliery house when the colliery closed for something like 5K. Then they sold it a few years later for 40K and bought a new build with the money. Then 15 years later they sold that for 140K and bought another new build house with that. Easy money! 
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I don't think you can tbh. If you earn just over minimum wage, you would be clearing about £1000 a month. I don't think that's enough to run your own property. Rent, electric, gas, food, transport and other things.
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+1 someone really needs to change the thread title.
Circumstances can change since the time you were given one but once you've got one, you've got one.... you can be earning 100k a year and still be in social housing - ref: Bob Crow.
Also if you previously had kids etc.. and they've moved out you can still carry on renting the 3/4 bedroom council house with spare bedrooms despite the fact that every council has a big waiting list of people needing accommodation.
Don't you believe it, don't forget the ethnics, they take priority with our council here.
Really?
Yes that's very true... you can look it up in your local bylaws too I believe:
"Ethnics are to get better council flats than wot we giv to locals innit and get to skip the waiting lists nd stuff"
Councils definitely have a rule just like that and you honestly haven't just repeated some borderline-racist myth.
It could have been around that time tbh. I seem to remember something about them having spent 50 years in the same house before they brought it. I moved to the midlands around this time also so that could be about right.
I've always wondered this as well. I'm looking to have to save up 10-15% deposit and then buy at market value.
Instead, those in council houses get offered the right to buy at a huge discount. Why don't I get the council pay upto £75,000 of my house for me? Why am I different?
Go and live in a council house for 10-15 years then you can.
exactly it doesn't happen for the rest of us, I don't agree with them selling them in the first place as it reduced social housing stock, but if they are going to sell them at least do it for market rate!
