[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

1. People who have mortgages who find it difficult to make ends meet, who live in homes for as many years - and have invested similar years to their homes that are now too big for them, often sell up and down size due to change in circumstances, or in times of hardship, lower income etc. I'm not entirely sure why those who rely on social housing should expect not to do the same thing where possible.

2. Fairly hefty assumption Joey that moving a family into a smaller flat is likely to cost the same in housing benefit. The chances are: that moving to smaller premises: the rent would be less, thus less housing benefit in £ terms.

It was the Lid Dem councillors who highlighted the flat rents,because they were more modern flats,they had rents as high as the house rent.
As to your first point, a great number have problems with rents and mortgages and all those people who have get my full sympathy and understanding.
However,for these people in social housing, like Kate, who I hope she doesn't mind me saying. They have difficulties and were given this arrangement as to up to full housing benefit if needed, for the property they are in when hard times came.
It cannot be fair or in fact justified in my opinion, to then through no fault of themselves,after being given that support to then have it taken away so drastically,

I wasn't going to answer you directly but you jump in again about assumptions, I state many times 'likely' in my post, one can only assume as you can only too, since the change is not even operational yet.

However, I would prefer you to leave me out of your getting at and generalisation of others and debating games where anyone who disagrees gets a put down.
You,like me, are not always wrong but not always right either but please leave me out of your games on here to get reactions. Thank you.