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warsaw

She's lost control
Jan 28, 2008
917
Did a job yesterday which reminded me of why I hated Thatcher so much. An ex-council house sold off under right to buy, sold to the tenant for a pittance, thereby taking away a potential home for someone on the waiting list. But what made this one even worse was the fact that I was working in the NEW DETACHED BUNGALOW IN THE BACK GARDEN OF THE OLD HOUSE. Hello Council House tenant, have a Gold Mine at the taxpayers expense. :rant::rant::rant:

Every village had it's little close of council homes, but now they've all been bought, sold on for massive profits to bankers with BMWs leaving local workers with nowhere to live. No doubt the Tory Boys are thrilled, they didn't want any chavs in their leafy paradise anyway.

I don't for one minute blame the tenants for taking up the offer, I would have done the same. It just shouldn't have happened, thank you Mrs T for wrecking communities at a stroke. And I voted for the daft bint. :facepalm:
 










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dougdeep

New member
May 9, 2004
37,732
SUNNY SEAFORD
I got my council house for £21,000. It'll all be paid for by christmas. Thanks Maggie.
 




BRIGHT ON Q

BRIGHT ON Q

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
9,431
warsaw said:
Did a job yesterday which reminded me of why I hated Thatcher so much. An ex-council house sold off under right to buy, sold to the tenant for a pittance, thereby taking away a potential home for someone on the waiting list. But what made this one even worse was the fact that I was working in the NEW DETACHED BUNGALOW IN THE BACK GARDEN OF THE OLD HOUSE. Hello Council House tenant, have a Gold Mine at the taxpayers expense. :rant::rant::rant:

Every village had it's little close of council homes, but now they've all been bought, sold on for massive profits to bankers with BMWs leaving local workers with nowhere to live. No doubt the Tory Boys are thrilled, they didn't want any chavs in their leafy paradise anyway.

I don't for one minute blame the tenants for taking up the offer, I would have done the same. It just shouldn't have happened, thank you Mrs T for wrecking communities at a stroke. And I voted for the daft bint. :facepalm:
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Thing is,a lot of the council houses in villages had prime views as well as nice long gardens.People who snapped them up did get lucky.
 








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Gully

Monkey in a seagull suit.
Apr 24, 2004
16,812
Way out west
BRIGHT ON Q said:
Thing is,a lot of the council houses in villages had prime views as well as nice long gardens.People who snapped them up did get lucky.
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They were also largely built in the 40's and 50's when quality construction was the order of the day, compare them with the average Barrett/Wimpey type house of today, they are far better than all but the type of house designed and built to specification.
 


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lighthouse

Member
Feb 27, 2008
744
north hampshire
You seem upset that the fact the house was sold to the tenant has denied a home for someone on a waiting list. However, you seem to miss the point that thanks to the spirit of the entrepreneur who bought the place, there are now 2 homes where there was 1, reducing the pressure for housing overall.

And this has provided you (and no doubt plenty of others) with paid employment in the process.

And in the process tax is being paid on the said earnings which helps to pay the cost of the housing benefits no doubt being given to the said person on the waiting list.

Money does make the world go round, like it or not.
 


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ROKERITE

Active member
Dec 30, 2007
727
severnside gull said:
her heritage lives on and we all have to live with it

that's what's so sad
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Unfortunately, much of her heritage doesn't live on, and that's what's so sad. If it did the country wouldn't be in the mess it is.
Margaret Thatcher, the greatest post war leader GB has had.
The "right-to-buy" scheme was one of the most popular policies of any government that I can remember. It gave the chance to be a property owner to tens of thousands of the not so well off, who'd never dreamed they'd have their very own house. It might not have meant much in wealthy Sussex, but it brought happiness to many in the less affluent areas of the country.
 












withdeanwombat

withdeanwombat

Well-known member
Feb 17, 2005
8,791
Somersetshire
What if the right to buy had been linked to a "right to build" with the cash generated from sales;maybe then local authorities could have built more affordable properties for those now stranded on the waiting list?

Council homes were intended for those who could not afford to buy,By letting them be sold for a pittance the then government stole from the future.And many people saving hard for their own homes were gobsmacked to see people who could not initially afford to buy being "given" houses that they were lucky to rent in the first place whilst they had to pay the prevailing market price.

It was a policy which was hard to defend at the time,and was total stupidity.........apart from those who capitalised on it then,and those who have since.

Oh,and I was born and raised in a council house,but have moved on to my own very nice house in the West Country,which I did without government subsidy,thank you.
 


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cheshunt seagull

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
2,709
lighthouse said:
You seem upset that the fact the house was sold to the tenant has denied a home for someone on a waiting list. However, you seem to miss the point that thanks to the spirit of the entrepreneur who bought the place, there are now 2 homes where there was 1, reducing the pressure for housing overall.

And this has provided you (and no doubt plenty of others) with paid employment in the process.

And in the process tax is being paid on the said earnings which helps to pay the cost of the housing benefits no doubt being given to the said person on the waiting list.

Money does make the world go round, like it or not.
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I thought the whole point of entrepreneurs is that they operate in a free market and buy and sell goods at market value.
 


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bhaexpress

New member
Jul 7, 2003
27,627
Kent
There is another side to this though, a lot of people live in council houses who could easily afford to buy. In addition a lot of people also live in council houses that are far bigger than they need. I don't agree with selling council houses but I would like to see a more rigourous means test for tenants.
 


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bhaexpress said:
There is another side to this though, a lot of people live in council houses who could easily afford to buy. In addition a lot of people also live in council houses that are far bigger than they need. I don't agree with selling council houses but I would like to see a more rigourous means test for tenants.
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What are council estates like in Kent?
 








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