Council House Envy - it's a real thing

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

To be fair, I thought I'd only seen it on MN. I've now experienced it in three different scenarios and it's depressing.

Never mind all the misconceptions about "free housing", "subsidised rents" and all that. People who live in council houses seem to be the envy of the rental community with an automatic black mark against them because of the way they might have secured their tenancy.

Tee I spent time as an HA tenant and I felt stigmatised too.

Not least by the HA staff. I have never been spoken to with such an apparent presumption of my arch-stupidity by the employees of any other organisation.

I was really confused when council house envy was first mentioned here, but of course 10 years has made an enormous difference to the profile of private tenants. It did not used to be such a long term tenure for most.

Eviledna- DONT move from your current privately rented house. Landlords wants aside, you have rights. Contact CAB, and shelter for advice. You are threatened with homelessness. Register as such with the council. They will try and talk you out of it, and into another private rent, but stand your ground. The landlord has to go thru proper legal channels, which can be very time consuming, and could give you time to get housed. Also, get a comprehensive list of all housing associations, once you are registered with council. We got kicked out too, and that's what I did, as I couldn't face another insecure tenancy. PM me if you like.