Ain't They Lucky.

[gulliver1]

Anger as a council buys 12 brand new homes for refugees on a posh newbuild estate where properties are selling for £700,000.South kesteven district council bought the houses for £1.8million to house Afghan and Ukrainian refugees,in the village of Langford. .....Whilst locals struggle to get on the housing ladder.

[Gromit]

The Titanic sailed in April and sank off the coast of Canada. It was rather cold, hence the icebergs. Not sure there was much sunbathing happening ;-/

[gulliver1]

TTT @ 10.42 "we should change the law until we can repel our borders"
But you did change the law ..don't you remember When Boris whipped you into frenzy Telling you to vote for him and Brexit and take back control of your own borders. And you fell for it. Oh dear.

[ToraToraTora]

well we need to change it more.

[vulcan42]

gulliver & TTT, I'm not as cynical as you, I tend to trust what people say until they prove otherwise. I have no reason to disbelieve what the council has written and I have no objection to legal evacuee families coming to this country.

[ToraToraTora]

No doubt that is the intention but once they are in it will be almost impossible to get them out because of our own legal process. There will be WWW lawyers all over it like a rash. Vulcan you don't play chess do you?

[Old_Geezer]

If they are here legitimately, then fine. But why buy expensive houses ? Now they are safe they can join the locals hoping for a place at the same priority. Meanwhile since councils have a duty to house the homeless, temporary rented accommodation should be satisfactory while the council contemplate the utter folly of selling council house off at cut price in order to buy votes, and not getting replacement property over the years. If purchases were necessary, those getting help should expect cheaper properties, just as long as they are habitable. Individuals can move on when they are settled and have saved enough to buy a better home on the property market.