Privatisation of public utilities..good or bad?

[jambutty]

Originally Posted by steeljack

I'd be intersted in knowing how many tenants of council (social) housing , are actually paying fair market rents out of their own pockets , without recieving any support from social services/Govt.benefits/ or other forms of support not available to the general population .

note. not aimed at old folks/pensioners........totally agree they should be in smaller units ....freeing up existing housing space for young families

All forms of government benefits and support are available to all citizens. Whether they get it or not is down to their individual circumstances. Total household income, savings, whether registered disabled or not and number of dependants.

What is a fair market rent? That depends on where you are coming from.