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Which is all well and good if the council replenishes their stock of council housing. I.e. if they use the sale money to buy or build more, so having it be a pe
by SEMW 14y ago
Which is all well and good if the council replenishes their stock of council housing. I.e. if they use the sale money to buy or build more, so having it be a permanent mechanism to help people lift themselves out of poverty.
But they didn't. What they did instead was sell them off without getting any more, and used the money to cut taxes. Which is fine for the generation who benefited from that round, but means the safety net is no longer there for future generations.
- gadders 14y agoWell, steps are being taken to free up council houeses now - EG fixed duration tenancies (rather than council houses for life), kicking out union Fat Cats like Bob Crow [1] and other people that could afford to live in private accommodation. [1] http://metro.co.uk/2011/04/03/bob-crow-gets-taxpayers-help-with-rent-despite-earning-145k-a-year-648306/ http://metro.co.uk/2011/04/03/bob-crow-gets-taxpayers-help-w...