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London housing still has a fair number of long-settled subsidized tenants who no longer need subsidized housing, but "council-homes-for-life" is in place and co
by vr46 9y ago
London housing still has a fair number of long-settled subsidized tenants who no longer need subsidized housing, but "council-homes-for-life" is in place and confers huge advantages to incumbents, which hardly seems fair. Basing access on need, this is not.
I have lived in various parts of Central London in mixed social housing, always as a market rate tenant (I am fortunate enough to afford it as a software engineer) and sympathize with the laments of poorer tenants who are occasionally booted out of their homes due to some housing development or other, complaining about the breakups of their communities and their families. But what about people who HAVE to leave their communities and families in order to make the most of opportunities when they arise? Is there an easy answer?