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Originally Posted by jaysay
When you say invest in social housing, you mean like the last government did, um, always makes me smile that everything wrong is down to the present government, when the last shower, did nothing but throw money about like confetti doing absolutely nothing, allowed incapacity benefits to escalate out of all proportion and as for immigration, don't think I'll even bother going there
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Since you brought up the history, maybe if your beloved Margaret had released the funds raised by the great social housing sell off back to councils to use for rebuilding and had not pushed many people on to incapacity benefit to massage the jobless figures, we wouldn't be in this predicament now.
But that's irrelevant we are discussing the now, not the once was
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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
Some of those families have been forced into cramped temporary accommodation and unsuitable housing after losing their own homes thru repossession because they have lost their jobs.
I know of many, many examples of single people or with 1 child living in houses way too big for them,some of these are people on full benefit, getting all their rent paid and getting full council tax benefit.
Is it any wonder this country is on it's knees?
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How many is many, many....10,20 or 100....Where exactly in Hyndburn do these many, many single parents live in these three bedroom houses? How do you know that they are on full benefit and receiving full council tax benefit?
Do you by any chance know many, many families that are currently living in cramped accomodation because of repossession? How many repossessions have been caused by people overstretching themselves and getting into negative equity?
Yes there are people who screw the system, these are a minority. Only Daily Mail readers think otherwise