is this social engineering, or worse a jealous snipe at someone who has made their home in a council property and continues to live in it. Why should the 70 old be shuffled out and to where, away from their friends, family or community. Try finding a smaller property in the same location, nigh on impossible. Perhaps some would prefer all the elderly to downsize, but seeing as how one has paid rent all that time, and got nothing to show for it, but the roof over your head, why should you be made to move. For those who have bought their homes and can afford to downsize if they wish good on them, some of us haven't been as fortunate.