Council tax very unfair to single people

Not relevant. Council tax is not based on your income.

That isn’t relevant. You CHOSE to be a SAHM. If you’re single, you don’t have the option of a double income.

All of this!

The lodger thing is absolute crap. I flatshared for most of my 20s and some of my 30s and I had some great experiences but also some horrendous experiences including a flatmate threatening violence on me and the landlord having a go at me for calling the police. And another one where a flatmate removed one of the knives from the knife block the day after we had an argument. I’ve got no proof why she did it, but I believe it was to intimidate me. I assume she kept the knife in her bedroom. Then she had her (rough) mum walking up and down the hallway overnight to intimidate me.

You really don’t know what you’re walking into living with an unrelated adult. I would never live with another adult again unless it’s my future husband!

And even with the nicer housemates that I’m still in contact with, I was never able to be myself fully as I had to be considerate of them. I can walk around in my underwear here, leave the breakfast dishes until later, sing along to music with my tuneless voice etc, cook as long as I want to without worrying I’m hogging the kitchen…My stress and anxiety levels have plummeted since I live on my own.

But three times as many people are using them, which means three times the financial and logistical pressure on said services.

This. Spot on.

Problem is you have posters here who it wouldn't benefit then to have a fairer system but hey god forbid they actually recognise the unfairness and acknowledge and agree that single people.have zero security and help if it all goes tits up. I mean its not like those those single people are paying towards their kids education,.uni fees, childcare and so on and still demand more help from the government 🙄

How do you suggest it changes then OP? That doesn't impact you living exactly where you want to, obvs.

I think some people just fundamentally disagree with you. I don’t think everyone should pay the same and be responsible for themselves.
I think those with more income &/or wealth should contribute more than those with less.
People have different ideas about what is fair. Do you think everyone regardless of income/assets should make the same tax contribution overall or only when it comes to council tax?

I agree OP,I'm in a 2 bed house,just my daughter (10) and I,so for those who suggest a lodger where do you suppose I put him/her?,not that I'd have a stranger living with my daughter!.
I get WTC and CTC and no Council Tax 'help' apart from the 25% discount.
I agree it should be a 50% discount.

Single healthy adults get treated better than disabled people. I am too disabled to work but as there are two adults in the property we don't get a 25% discount. I am not saying we should my point is single adults get a better deal.

Would the poll tax work nowadays ? Well I remember a tory MP, can't remember who it was maybe Malcom Rifkind , lived in a castle was given a smaller Poll Tax bill than our household , that was my mum & dad teenage me my teenage brother .The Poll tax finished Maggie's career and I'm glad it did .I imagine your teenagers getting household bills . Then finding out MP's in castles paid less than your household .

But where is the inequality? That's what I don't understand. You get a discount for the same property that another family/ couple / house share group would have to pay full whack on. Surely the logical equality there would be to remove the discount then? (I'm not saying I want that done btw, just that I don't think your argument makes sense)

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You can't answer then

Which other services do you think you should pay less for @Lettuceandtomatoes ?

Gas and electricity because they're only keeping one person warm? Have you asked Tesco if they'd reduce your bill because you're only feeding one?

I did. What's your point?

"However, I do wonder if property tax should be directly proportional to floor space."
This sounds fair to me. Although I assume the OP would still be unhappy with that. Some people just don't like to pay tax.

Hmm that sounds very much like "there's no such thing as society" to me.
And you're not disadvantaged any more than a couple living together are. If 50% is for the property and 50% for the individuals and you pay 75% then you are paying the same as a couple. The only people who are paying less are those in shared housing and most people wouldnt be in shared housing if they were wealthy.

I don’t know about the very very dubious assertion that more adults is directly proportional to more fire risk. (Can’t find any evidence to back up that having twice as many people in a uk home means you are twice as likely to have a fire).

However, I do wonder if property tax should be directly proportional to floor space. But no idea how that would work.

I’m against a poll tax. Most people can’t afford to pay for everything they use from the state so I don’t see how everyone paying a flat amount is taking responsibility rather than just putting a bigger burden on the poor.

So you think people who can't afford their own house or flat and live in a CMO, with say 4 other adults should all pay the same rate as you OP?