Lonsdale73
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And he wasn't paying taxes on his triple/quadruple earnings?Lonsdale73 ^^^ Because I was paying taxes, he was getting a cheap house, subsidised by the tax payers..
And he wasn't paying taxes on his triple/quadruple earnings?Lonsdale73 ^^^ Because I was paying taxes, he was getting a cheap house, subsidised by the tax payers..
We will need to build an awful lot of houses if bumbling Borris opens up the doors for people from war torn regions, we are so willing to help everyone else but not our own. You should get your own house in order before sorting out anyone elses.We need to build 'council houses'
Of course he was. He should be subsidising other people's housing not his own.And he wasn't paying taxes on his triple/quadruple earnings?
Of course he was. He should be subsidising other people's housing not his own.
If only the land was available.You get a job to earn money to pay rent or buy a house. You swap many, many hours of your life for bits of paper, which are then swapped for a mortgage or rent. (It's ironic that the bits of paper are actually someone else's debt, created by a bank out of thin air, which you slave to earn, and then give back to the bank as your mortgage payment, thereby destroying said debt note).
Why not use the hours of your life to build your own house? Use low cost high labour techniques as they did back in the dark ages - cob, stone, straw bale, etc. Modern techniques such as clay slip straw are also useful, and cheap/virtually free. Work less (or not at all) for other people, but invest your hours in yourself.
Working for someone else means the employer take the risk instead of you, but in exchange for that security you give up about a third of your life. Half if you don't count sleeping as being "your" time. Seize the day, take the risk yourself. Use your own life for your own benefit.
No, we definitely need affordable housing.I supported the sale of council housing in the belief that owner occupiers take more care of the property and the local environment. It relieves the taxpayer of subsidies required for council and social housing.
But the key to ensuring people have somewhere to live rests not on whether it is publically or privately constructed, nor whether it is rented or owned, but only that there is a sufficient quantity, of the right quality, in the right place, at the right (fair?) price.
Councils seem to attach importance to the quality of construction as they are likely to be responsible for the property for many decades to come.
By contrast the private sector seem content if the building lasts long enough not to give rise to an expensive claim - NHBC is apparently 2 years for defects and 10 years for structure.
We do not need more council housing, but improved building standards and enforcement. Councils could support this by (a) giving planning permission only for high quality homes, and (b) refusing occupation of houses which do not meet these standards. Pigs might fly as well!
Tell that to a homeless person....
We do not need more council housing, but improved building standards and enforcement. ......
Tell that to a homeless person.
Simple fact of life - if you sell off, or stop public services it will save money, BUT somewhere down the line people who need the services will suffer the consequences.
Selling off council houses could have worked if done intelligently - money reinvested in housing for starters, prohibition on buy to let, 2nd homes, speculation etc. so that the original objective was maintained i.e to provide housing where needed.
Yes it's been a disaster. Added hugely to the pressure on house prices for obvious reasons; creating a shortage but allowing profiteering. Many ex council houses are now rented with rents wildly above what they would have needed to be under council management. A big giveaway.Prohibition on buy to let ?
Get real Jacob
It isn't though.I would agree that governmental / council investment in social housing
has been catastrophic and absolutely shameful.
However, I would consider the private property market to be quite
separate from that.
Often one of the adults is not consenting.Why is the word "profit" bandied around as some kind of dirty word, when
it's derived between consenting adults ?
Well yes, nothing has changed!
Why is the word "profit" bandied around as some kind of dirty word, when
it's derived between consenting adults ?
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