Students are known as tax dodgers as mostly they don't work. no work = no tax. Students that work, and work enough hours or high enough wage to get into a tax bracket, pay tax.
As for everything else, the guys a key worker, governemnt will give council housing to key workers at often discounted rates to persuade more people into working as teachers, nurses with crappy salerys, nothing wrong with that. Though, frankly you'd be better off working in IT in another area where you can move up, rather than at a school(how it sounded pages ago) for crappy wage, no way up, get a different place that costs more but get a much higher pay check.
But who cares thats where he is now. COuncil wants to build homes, fine, he said his is crap and he's going to be getting a much bigger much nicer place, thats all fine its not a free house, he'll be paying rent, nowt wrong there either. Free 5k for essentially upgrading someones living situation, is a complete and utter joke in any sense of the word. Frankly I'd refuse it, every single time everyone takes every last hand out THEY DON'T NEED the government will end up raising taxes to raise the money available for handouts, thats life. Government lives of handouts these days and it needs to stop. I would refuse it and its not retarded too. I could claim dissability, I don't, i don't need to right now as I'm sponging off my parents, I'm hoping to get my knee's better, or replaced and get to work after that, I'm in chronic pain and could be claiming all the crappy benefits possible but I'm in a roughly ok situation where my parents can support me. I could move out, live on my own which I'd prefer and get loads of money for rent, food, and support and help getting around but I refuse to do this, my life would most likely be better if I moved out and claimed but I simply won't do it.
Can't remember who said their mum said it, something along the lines of the government won't ever help you so when you can get anything, take everything from them. THats the reasoning behind the massive decline in our country at the moment. Handouts, benefits, and MASSIVE dependancy on tax paid jobs to keep our economy going are literally running this country towards a massive unavoidable crash.
A civilised working society would have a pool of money to help and only people that need it took it, we apparently aren't civilised, we simply want it and take it with no thought to how or who else it will effect, without even realising by taking handouts you don't need, you end up raising your own taxes at the end of the day, well done.
EDIT:- i have no issue with them reimbursing you for things like having sky reinstalled and telephone, that makes sense, you've paid for sky, them moving you causes you to have to pay for it to be reinstalled, they should be liable thats the cost of doing business. Frankly I can't see how anyone living in a grotty nasty flat being moved to a new, cheaper to run, larger house would feel stressed or upset. Especially with possibly well over a years notice(talk and planning and initial notices probably would happen 2-3 years in advance).
You hear about payments when old couples are moved out of a nice little road with their cottage on getting compensation, but someone living in a crappy council house being upgraded?
To me its the equivilent of turning up to a hotel, they tell you they are out of the double room you asked for so they are bumping you up to a king size or suite or something for no extra cost, thats normal, but would a hotel offer you another 5k ontop for giving you something better? never, its just ridiculous in every last way.