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Originally Posted by Josy
It actually isn't impossible, it's very easy for a tenant to say that someone is living with them.
A family member claims to be living there, provides the money for the house and the tenant then stays in it until they die or moves elsewhere, the house belongs to the buyer or at the very least is jointly owned and is more than likely to be put up for let for an expensive price or sold on for the market price.
There is nothing wrong with people in housing association properties buying the house they live in but they shouldn't get a heavily discounted price at the tax payers expense and if it's not at the tax payers expense then were is the cash coming from? also if a housing association is forced to sell at a huge discount they will then not have the funds to replace that house in the same area.
In a housing crisis the likes of what is happening now this plan just doesn't make one iota of sense.
To add to all that Cameron is attempting to sell off properties that he doesn't have a right to, he doesn't own them and shouldn't be able to force the sales, he really is attempting to buy votes with this idea.
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Exactly this happens alot here in London, family members raise the cash, the tenant then buys off the Council for cash, then sell on at a vast profit and relocates to a cheaper area outside of London.