To be pissed off

Babyroobs - thank you for posting when you used to work for a HA and presumably thus know more about this subject than the rest of us. Can you expand on what you said.
Do they not work because they can't (ie seriously disabled) or do they just 'choose' not to work and get their housing paid by benefits?
In the 2nd option how do they get away with this? I mean what excuses do they give.
I've never lived in social housing so I'm just interested from following this thread.
Thanks

Op I understand I am privately renting and cannot get a mortgage on my single wage, there are zero shared ownership's available here. You are both better off than I 🤷‍♀️

She hasn't been 'given' a house. She is renting a house. Social housing is needed and private rents are too high and the standard is unacceptable.

When her dc grow up and move out she will likely have to move to a small flat or pay bedroom tax. She will have to pay rent for the rest of her life. Ok, she may stay on benefits but it's no life really being at the mercy of the government.

I know several people who have actually been given houses, as they have inherited from grandparents. A couple of these people have never worked either and have now been gifted properties. Is that fair?

I know someone who had a baby, never went back to work, her husband works, the baby goes to nursery all week even though she's not at work, AND she inherited a house. Is that fair?

Everyone takes different paths and some people get lucky. Just do the best for yourself.

@vodkaredbullgirl he's a stunner, but he'll keep the lawn to a respectable length so you'll have to counteract with the kids pulling each other up the road in the recycling bin!

@Babyroobs the OP may also be a HA tenant , she is buying 40% of the house and paying rent on the other 60%, it could quite possibly be to a HA.

I used to work for a HA. Vast majority of tenants I dealt with had not worked for years.

You're doing so much better than she is. So much better. You have prospects. A future. Security. Bloody well done on all your graft. You will achieve much.

Just focus on yourself, your future and don't get bitter about what you perceive others as "getting for nothing."

Got my goat

I think comparing yourself to others is par for the course, as on the face of it we're all going to feel on occasions we have both ends of a shitty stick.

I remember coming home after a 70hr week doing home care to find my unemployed neighbours topping up their tans and laughing at my life choices to my face.

Mine and my then neighbours house are both LA.

I am also waiting on the goat, but am blessed by my new neighbours scrap pile and rubbish blowing on to my lawn.

Just out of interest how many people do you know who have never worked a day in their lives who live in SH?
I don't know any. Most don't get housing benefit either. I live in SH, I work 35 hours a week, DH works 42 and we still can't afford to buy or rent privately.
There are quite a few people who live in the same area and are in the same situation.
So how many people do you know? Or are basing your opinion on those ridiculous documentaries that used to be on C4/5?
Shockingly some people who rent privately get housing benefit too, which doesn't cover the full cost of rent anyway.

*here

Here, adult children have no right of succession to council tenancies when the original tenant dies or goes into residential care.

They don't hear either. One of my colleagues died in her 50s from cancer. She had lived in a council house since her children were babies, her husband had left. When she died her youngest son was 19/20 and still living with her, he was given 2 weeks to move out and clear the house before the next tenant moved in.

I am really glad to see that your SiL's local council is so forward thinking. Residential care is so expensive. Much cheaper to enable people to stay in their own homes. Also, adapting a home to suit a disabled person's needs reduces the chances of them having a serious accident and costing the NHS time and money.

The motability scheme is great too, isn't it? Excellent idea to allow people to use their PIP money to pay for leasing a car. So many disabled people would be trapped in their homes without it.

I understand your pain. I have an old house that needs lots of work. I drive an old banger . I have two jobs. My SIL and husband haven’t worked for years . She has mobility problems due to being very overweight. They have a full renovation and adapted bathroom each time they move. The have a brand new car on mobility. They also have a holiday caravan they go to at weekends. I do have pride though that I have got this far through hard work .

Really, most the people where I live do work.

I live in HA for over 55s and no bungalow can't be left to children (not that I have any) just your spouse if you die first.

Mumof2teens79 · Yesterday 09:20

But you have shared ownership and she hasn't been given a house, she is renting

But a lot of the time peoples homes end up having to be sold to pay for care home fees leaving hardly anything from the home to pass on to the children anyway.

When they brought out the bedroom tax for those who were on benefits if they couldn't afford to pay for the extra room ( sometimes a tiny box room) they were indeed forced to give up their homes and move away. We used to have a lot of council flats overlooking the Thames in Woolwich where I worked when I was younger.., they pulled down the flats and have made them into posh apartments because the residents wanted the view that those working class clearly didn't deserve to enjoy.
When I had a new ( not high end) kitchen fitted in my HA house the rent went up when I asked when it would go back down ( once kitchen paid for) I was told the rent won't go down so in effect we never stopped paying for the kitchen! 😐

For lots of people living in social housing, it is a 'free' house as a large proportion have never worked a day in their lives and get their rent paid. Not a popular opinion on here but it is a fact and it is sickening tbh.

YANBU, it would piss me off too. Presumably she gets housing benefit so technically doesn't "pay" her rent either (I'll prob be shot down in flames for that).

Shall we also build walls and gates around those estates so that people in social housing don't contaminate house owners?
Or you could try and not be so ridiculous.

I know one family personally that have - wasn't aware other councils had stopped it.

Do many councils still do that?

Here, adult children have no right of succession to council tenancies when the original tenant dies or goes into residential care.

Shared ownership is such a con

When do you ever get to 'own' it? In the meantime, you are renting still

Yes, good point. They got "given" it, I guess. Just like their family member.