[Livia]

I'm against it for two reasons. Firstly, this country desperately needs social housing so I can't see the benefit of selling accommodation off cheaply. Secondly, people struggle to buy a home and most would not be eligible for any kind of social housing, so why should some people be able to buy a property for up to a discount of 70% while others rent or live with family while they save to get together a deposit? Sounds hugely unfair on all levels.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm against it for two reasons. Firstly, this country desperately needs social housing so I can't see the benefit of selling accommodation off cheaply. Secondly, people struggle to buy a home and most would not be eligible for any kind of social housing, so why should some people be able to buy a property for up to a discount of 70% while others rent or live with family while they save to get together a deposit? Sounds hugely unfair on all levels.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm against it for two reasons. Firstly, this country desperately needs social housing so I can't see the benefit of selling accommodation off cheaply. Secondly, people struggle to buy a home and most would not be eligible for any kind of social housing, so why should some people be able to buy a property for up to a discount of 70% while others rent or live with family while they save to get together a deposit? Sounds hugely unfair on all levels.

Excellent observations.

[rubymoo]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm against it for two reasons. Firstly, this country desperately needs social housing so I can't see the benefit of selling accommodation off cheaply. Secondly, people struggle to buy a home and most would not be eligible for any kind of social housing, so why should some people be able to buy a property for up to a discount of 70% while others rent or live with family while they save to get together a deposit? Sounds hugely unfair on all levels.

Completely agree!

We had to save up for our deposit and bought our house in the 90's, we then moved to a bigger property for our expanding family, so therefore bigger mortgage, our neighbours lived in a council house and last year bought it for £45,000, if we put our house on the market it would sell for around £150,000, this isn't fair, when we bought our current house 13 years ago it was £65.000 so they still got their house for £20,000 cheaper than we did 13 years ago!

No wonder this country is so ****ed up!

They will have their mortgage paid in 5 years, whereas it's taken us 25 years to pay off (and we still have 8 years left), that means they will be mortgage free before us

It beggars belief!

[Livia]

Originally Posted by rubymoo

Completely agree!

We had to save up for our deposit and bought our house in the 90's, we then moved to a bigger property for our expanding family, so therefore bigger mortgage, our neighbours lived in a council house and last year bought it for £45,000, if we put our house on the market it would sell for around £150,000, this isn't fair, when we bought our current house 13 years ago it was £65.000 so they still got their house for £20,000 cheaper than we did 13 years ago!

No wonder this country is so ****ed up!

They will have their mortgage paid in 5 years, whereas it's taken us 25 years to pay off (and we still have 8 years left), that means they will be mortgage free before us

It beggars belief!

Totally agree Ruby. Some people get so used to living free and being subsidised and this just gives them more free stuff. Why should some people expect to get a cheap house because they're council or housing association tenants? So many people would never stand a chance of ever getting social housing anyway because of the massive shortage. They can put their name down and languish on a list forever or they can work hard, save and buy a property only for people who do get into social housing to get a cheap house! It's ridiculous and unfair but so reflects the benefit culture of this country.