council houses - BBC 1

[4getmenot]

making me angry watching this. People moaning about houses they are in. A couple moaning house damp and cold, rent is £500 a month. Council pay £360, couple have to pay £140. Get a bloody job! Beggers cant be choosers!

[tamborine]

The young blokes in the big family are all capable of working & paying for their own accommodation. Young couple with flooded basement - cant the sort the flood ? They're all so lazy & helpless, why should they be kept likewise ?

[rowanwitch]

part of the problem is people may well be able to pay a private rent but can't raise the deposit or pass a credit check, or may not have anyone to act as guarantor... they have very little option other than to apply for social housing....not eveyone who lives in a council place is a whinger, a scrounger or any of the other categories people seem to use for them... some are and give the rest a bad name.

[redman41]

I watched the Panorama Programme last night which concentrated on Sheffield and London. The shortage of Social housing stems from the Thatcher era when the right to buy was introduced and very little social replacement housing has been built to replace the houses 'lost'. The waiting list for a house these days in some areas is high and genuine applicants are struggling to get suitable property allocated by their local Council.
Abuse of the system exits as was apparent in last nights Documentary.

[gina32]

i watched it and was amazed at the fact that you can own houses and still get a council house, how does that work??

[funnygirl]

Well obviously they got the council flat first and did not give it up when they brought the house.

When I first got married and lived in a council flat, when friends knew we were buying a house we had many offers and tips about keeping the flat on. But I said no way.

[arwyn]

The program blamed 'The right to buy' but never mentioned the amount of council houses that the goverment made the councils give to the imigration service. I cant find out how many this was, it definitley happened in Newcastle.

[Poppy85]

This programme made me so angry too! If you can afford to pay rent then you should be made to leave your Council Property!! Makes people lazy, get off your arse & work for a place to live, why must we pay for people to live in Council House who can afford to rent one themselves!!! They are there to help REAL people in need!!

[beverleymot]

poppy85 take your own advice and get a job!

[gina32]

poppy85 live in other peoples houses as well and get cheap rent, some people have property given to them by daddy and then tell everyone they bought it