Social housing on new build estates

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I’m absolutely not looking for a bun fight on council housing tenants, we’re classed as living in affordable housing (shared ownership).

We live on a new build estate, it’s a mix of outright owned/mortgaged, shared ownership & social housing. From what I understand, a certain percentage of new homes have to be allocated for affordable housing or council housing. I imagine they’re moving away from building entirely socially housed ‘council estates’ now?

Half of the estate is houses, a line of part owned properties then quite a few blocks of social housing apartments. I guess my question is, why do they segregate the council tenants from the home owners? I thought they’d be more likely to pepper them throughout the estate now to avoid pockets of antisocial behaviour.

There’s a clear divide between the estate and one side is noticeably less nice. At the same time, some of the houses sell for nearly 500k so people might be apprehensive, rightly or wrongly, about buying where there may be a lot of turnover or perceived antisocial behaviour.

Is there a reason they lump all the affordable housing together then? And should it be considered a good thing?

This is absolute rubbish. No one deserves to be at the mercy of shit neighbors no matter how little money they have. Failing to be rich is nt a crime. What a bizarre attitude you have

The issue is lack of policing and resources to sort the selfish twats out

What do you not understand? A raging aggressive dysfunctional shitshow of a cunt is going to struggle to get a mortgage, they’ll struggle finding a landlord willing to put up with their shit and struggle to pay private rent prices. People like that are nearly always in social housing that’s a fact

A raging dysfunctional shitshow of a cunt who cant get a mortgage or a private landlord wouldn’t be ANYWHERE near the top of the social housing register.

maybe consider they have other reasons that meant they qualified for social housing.

It’s based on need if those people can’t afford a mortgage or private rent they still need somewhere to live hence they usually live in sh. Especially if they have kids. Not sure what there is to deny

My DC worked for a housing association that managed the rented social housing on behalf of the developer. These units were always the least desirable ones; smaller rooms, no parking, no direct sunlight, often no balcony. It's dispicable how badly property developers treat the vulerable.

It’s bad enough some people get given a house with cheap rent for doing nothing why should it be exactly the same as something someone else paid 400k for. Seriously less sunlight lol so ungrateful

'vulnerable' people are the severely disabled and the elderly. A druggie, alcoholic or anyone with multiple ASBOs are NOT vulnerable and should not have access to social housing.

You can’t get a mortgage, why can’t you get social housing?

So where should they live with their children?

Up to them to solve their predicament. Maybe they should have thought of the consequences of their actions. Having children does not excuse bad behaviour.

Society needs to punish not reward bad behaviour.

Yes it’s so easy when it isn’t your problem to solve isn’t it?

we are all full of ideas when they just involve walking away.

until of course, one of the millions of chaotic disabled evicted people pitch a tent on your driveway and you want the police to sort it out. It’ll be there problem then I guess. So easy when you just detach from society.

thank god we have people in society who are better than that

Waiting list is like ten years even when I was living in a homeless hostel for like almost two years unless you’re a piece of shit then seemingly get one straight away. It’s very strange

I expect everyone has their share of life problems they have to deal with and it causes them significant stress.. Bizarre you think some people get a free pass from accountability and responsibility.

Why are you lumping disabled people with ASBO druggie people?. That is insulting. I have already said the disabled are vulnerable,

Ah right, but if you’re a cunt who can’t get a mortgage you can magically go to the top of the register, right?

You think addicts don’t have disabilities? Addicts are far more likely to have disabilities, due to the impact of alcohol and drugs on mental and physical health.

That would be self induced which is totally different.

Don’t be daft. You’re really showing your naivety

Not necessarily. He may run his own business as a tradesman

And you are showing you are against equal treatment for all. No special privileges for the feckless.

Care leavers? Should they get special privileges? Is it equality to turf them out onto the street at 18 traumatised with no safety net?

the issue is, you don’t know much about how other people live.

Seems that way I was in a homeless shelter for two years as was someone else who’s nice and normal I know and we didn’t get anything, but it seems like every complete cunt I know gets a council place straight away. I mean council estates have a bad reputation for a reason you know. I genuinely feel sorry for anyone on a new estate who paid hundreds of thousands to live opposite some piece of shit who got given the same for free and terrorises the neighbourhood. Read some of the stories from people living on new build estates on the earlier pages of this thread.

@BambamhoohooNo idea if they were arrested, all I know is they were living there undisturbed.

Why do the vulnerable NEED a balcony?

Just trying to work out the logic of why you need a balcony if you are vulnerable.

What you need is a safe, accessible and clean home.

These are functional low cost homes. What's wrong with that?

I’m aware of what the expression means thanks. I’m still confused because you haven’t explained how the poster who you described as “pulling up the ladder” is actually doing that?

She moved out of her parent’s house at a very young and now rents. What has she done that fits the description of benefiting from society and then not wanting others to benefit in the same way? The ladder analogy simply doesn’t fit here. I think you realise that and are now trying to make other claims which also don’t stand up to scrutiny: in no part of my post did I claim that all SH tenants are criminals etc. In fact I stated the opposite when I described the gunman’s gang who are terrorising the law-abiding tenants on his estate.

Your claim that I view all SH as monsters a scary mass is absolute nonsense. I grew up on a council estate and lived for decades in Hackney in a house surrounded by estates. I know the vast majority of residents are like everyone else, just trying to go about their lives.