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Originally Posted by chav1
instead of paying even more money for a house that is bigger i may sell up and rent a council house with a back and front garden at the tax payers expense as although the council wont help me with my mortgage £35 a week they would gladly pay upto £90 for me to rent a propperty
the best part is after a few years i will have the right to buy and have enough cash from the sale of my house to buy the council property outright on the right to buy scheme for next to nothing  |
TO LETTIE. Let us know what happened at EH. You'll have to speak to Lee Haworth. Any difficulties, tell him you told me.
LANDLORDS: There needs to a big shake up of policy. The softly softly business approach is failing. Some limited powers are now statute. Its a3 pronged attack. On the tenants who wont behave [ASB legilsation and new EH leg.]. Secondly Regulation and enforcement of landlords [not enough is being done in HBC within the law] and thirdly, increasing supply of rented accomodation through responsible RSLs. Ambitously to set up with RSLs neighbourhood housing co-ops run by residents in partnership with RSLS. HBC, RSLs and ELEVATE are not pulling their finger out on this one.
HOUSING BENEFIT
DHSS dont pay for Housing, the Gov't does through local Councils. Housing Benefit is paid from govt and Councils adminster it. DHSS have nothing to do with it.
Housing Benefit have an absolute limit of £60 and £65 per week [couples, families, vulnerable] in the private rented sector locally. Single people it is most likely a maximum of £45 and for under 25s less again. There are very few single person flats in the borough and those forced to live in family accomodation still are only entitled to single persons allowance. Homelessness, mainly due to broken families, is 3 times greater than the supply of Council Houses.
All those people paying and £80 and £90+ per week are having to pay a 'top up' out of the reminder of their benefits. Housing Benefit pay full rent on RSL properties only.
The private rented sector is 40% of market, Council Housing Sectoris just under 40%. RSLs make up the other 20%. In reality there are no Council Houses left [the turnover is so low that if you are on the waiting list, your unlikely to get one] except voids.