The Labour Party are bloody hypocrites

I'm guessing it's been authoritatively documented by that great newspaper of record, the Daily Mail

My 28 year old daughter daughter lives with me. Saving up for a flat. Yes she also has a first class degree. It’s how it is if you don’t have housing from the local authority.

She won't provide any
It's just xenophobic drivel.

Really feel for you it's hard to have your plans suddenly change.
But do you feel you've benefited from being able to have a council house - and don't you want other people to be able to benefit too?
I totally get the frustration of not being able to afford to buy (same experience) but pretty much everyone is in that position right now - lots of us in worse in the private rented sector. We need to see more policies so that everyone can own their own home.

That's excellent OP, even less to complain about.

I don’t agree with right to buy. I’m sorry you are missing out OP because it is a great deal for the individual tenants.

The flat next to yours (for example) could’ve been bought by the council tenant years ago. Sold by that tenant, making them or their children a nice profit and now it’s being rented out at market rate.

The current tenants living in the flat, your next door neighbours potentially, pay a lot more than the rent you pay, but they can’t afford it, so they claim universal credit to help towards the rent. So the taxpayers pay a portion of the rent to the private landlord and the tenants are trapped in a cycle of insecure expensive private rents due to the lack of social housing.

I agree more should be done to free up under occupied social housing homes, and more should be built too, but selling off the houses half price without replacing them with new stock has absolutely contributed to the current housing crisis.

Is it hypocritical just because you don't like it? Governments stopping bad policies is surely a good thing? I personally am pleased that previous governments changed rules to allow rights for women, gay marriage, Claire's law etc. I guarantee people in these very governments voted against and benefitted from voting against them in the past.

YABU you can keep saving into your lifetime ISA and pay your way like other people your age have to do! Yes you may have to wait until you're in a couple, lots of people have to do that. I can't believe you even qualify for council housing earning 30k, most people on that sum are privately renting. And right to buy should have been scrapped decades ago, I thought it already had. Someone in far greater need than you should have your flat when you move out, why would you want to take away from other people who could benefit like you have. There are kids living in B&Bs.

Yes, not enough free stuff, it's so unfair. You have a degree, an income and a secure tenancy. You are doing well. Do a bit more learning and ask who's paying for your heavily subsidised housing. And think a bit harder and be glad you don't own the flat. Plenty of flat owners are stuck with maintenance issues - eg removal of cladding. Window replacements for whole block - that cost thousands of pounds they don't have. And can't sell. You are very fortunate.

Or have had possibly had a really sad and tragic life and for that I am sorry OP. I had to live with my parents until I was 24 and could afford to rent privately

Families with three kids can’t get social housing where I live. You’re unbelievably fortunate.

To be honest, you're not giving the impression that you know either, if any of your previous comments are anything to go by.

You're complaining you can't get a half price flat??

Council housing is an asset which is publicly-owned and has a value. If someone is allowed to buy the asset at a discount to its true value then the public (all of us) are not worse off.

Who do you think funds the discount?

You've proven already that you don't by thinking that council flats are rented through private landlords!

That assumes the value goes up

You just don’t know what’s really happening.

Anyone can apply for social housing usually, it's not just for those with kids. How quickly you are housed depends on the demand in your area and how great they assess your needs for it.

I'm interested in how a single person with a job and degree became a council tenant?

I’m confused how this relates to your lifetime ISA? Why can’t you use it?

Honestly OP, I know it doesn't feel like it because the housing situation in this country is fucked - but you are in a fortunate position. You wouldn't even qualify for social housing in most areas.

I've been renting from a private landlord at market rates for 15 years!!

No they don't. Stop making up rubbish.

If there is no housing available then people don't get housed, simple as that. People have been on waiting lists for years. They don't have to house people in a specific borough either unless there is some kind of medical need to be in that area. I have literally been through the entire process myself.

Councils can assist you in finding a private rent. That is not the same thing as a "council flat." That is just renting privately. And they will not pay benefits over the LHA. The council does not pay housing benefit any more either except in certain specific circumstances like pensioners, housing is all claimed through Universal Credit.