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Originally Posted by accyman
if it wasnt for benefits some people wouldnt be able to buy as many properties as they do
not a specifcally targeted at anyone its just that when thinking about it quite a lot of people get pretty well off and have a steady income thanks to housing benefit payments and they dont get stigmatized for taking benefit money like the claimant does
i can think of 2 lads i know that do pretty damn well out of single parents occupying their houses that are now paid off thanks to housing benefit
pretty good screw this buy a cheap crappy house ,get it to code and have the council pay the mortgage for you plus a bit of proffit each week
just imagine how much money you could make from teh council if you bought a rundown building and turned it into 1 bed flats at £90 pw or more
as for our own budding property developer i have no idea how much or if he even rents at all to the unemployed but a lot of folk make a good living from renting to benefit claimants
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Not trying to defend anyone, but if someone puts there money into a property to rent it out, and there are a lot of risks and extra costs with renting out a property, then surely they are entitled to make a bit of profit. And without any profit, they wouldn`t do it, which means there will be more empty properties in need of repair, and less decent places to live.
Is £90/wk the going rate for a flat nowadays. I have a stepson who lives in a bedsit for £55/wk, includes all bills, gas, leccy, tv licence & council tax.