[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I do fear we will end up sliding back to those days at the rate we're going but I wouldn't say this is a workhouse unless they are given labour to 'earn' their keep.

For argument sake, I don't think that'd be awful if the place wasn't funded by the government and completely unattached to the welfare system.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

For argument sake, I don't think that'd be awful if the place wasn't funded by the government and completely unattached to the welfare system.

So you wouldn't mind if it was a workhouse then?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So you wouldn't mind if it was a workhouse then?

As long as people went there by choice, and if it wasn't a publicly owned thing, and if they were treated humanely. But we have no reason to think it is.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

For argument sake, I don't think that'd be awful if the place wasn't funded by the government and completely unattached to the welfare system.

It's something that could work on paper but not in practice. There would always be abuse, especially if it was privately owned.

We only have to look how cruelly we treat people on benefits to see that a workhouse would go the same way as they did back then.

[Ammi]

...I can’t do the ..’it’s better than nothing..’...thing...that could be said about anything to defend regression or inadequacy ...is this the face of social housing...these type of hostel living conditions should never be more than a temporary stop gap if that became a necessity...but the article is saying that in this borough...children born in these hostels are still living there at school age...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I can’t do the ..’it’s better than nothing..’...thing...that could be said about anything to defend regression or inadequacy ...is this the face of social housing...these type of hostel living conditions should never be more than a temporary stop gap if that became a necessity...but the article is saying that in this borough...children born in these hostels are still living there at school age...

We need to ask the Mayor where all this extra social housing is that he promised, he is too busy promoting himself as the new Labour leader to worry about it. Hopefully when we get the opportunity to kick him out next year, we will get a pro active Mayor not one who trots out platitudes and tweets and shows no action whatsoever

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

We need to ask the Mayor where all this extra social housing is that he promised, he is too busy promoting himself as the new Labour leader to worry about it. Hopefully when we get the opportunity to kick him out next year, we will get a pro active Mayor not one who trots out platitudes and tweets and shows no action whatsoever

What about the one you had that wasted 800 million on an imaginary bridge... he's now prime minister!!
Councils hands have been tied as to what funding can and can not be used for house building. Like everywhere else London is overstretched underfunded.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

What about the one you had that wasted 800 million on an imaginary bridge... he's now prime minister!!
Councils hands have been tied as to what funding can and can not be used for house building. Like everywhere else London is overstretched underfunded.

The Mayor has his own budget...what is he using it on?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

What about the one you had that wasted 800 million on an imaginary bridge... he's now prime minister!!
Councils hands have been tied as to what funding can and can not be used for house building. Like everywhere else London is overstretched underfunded.

Councils hands aren't that tied Kizzy , when they can afford to have their massive offices refurbished, their fleet of vans painted with logos and glossy calendars to all tenants who invariably don't use them so they go in the recycle bin , they waste a lot of money that they are given, not much of it actually goes into tenants housing etc from what I am told.