To think segregation In new build estates needs to stop!

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I live on a new build estate built about a year ago, 15% of the 500 homes are social housing.

The biggest problem we have on the estate is parking, the parking spaces are not allocated, it is generally considered that you park in a space near your home. I could not find a space near my home (social housing) so I parked on the private part of the estate and walked.

So I go to take dc to school the other day and a women rushes out saying I stole her space. I explained that parking spaces were not allocated and that she as am I are free to park anywhere. She then started ranting about how she works to pay for my house and called me council estate scum (infront of dc). I stated crying after I dropped dc off.

The next issue is that the residents association is generally hostile to the social tennants. I went to a meeting and could feel the hostility after I said my road.

We are constantly blamed for any crime on the estate because many in social housing including me have teenagers when the private homes tend to be 50+ .

I don't want to live in a community that has segregation (we are pretty much separate to the other homes apart from by the road). I don't know why because you pay £250,000 plus for a house you deserve to be treated better (or look down on others)

Aibu?

Every social housing tennant here keeps their house tidy. Don't let the press fool you

I agree with Bishopbrennan's post saying she's been a respectable married homeowner with a mortgage one minute then 'scrounging scum' the next. Except, she's been the same person who hit a rough patch. I hit a rough patch too, crawled back up and due to good fortune more than hard working (and timing) I now own another house.

Like BB I've gained a lot more empathy along the way and I think that the biggest problem is people's erroneous assumptions. I like that my estate is a bit more diverse than where I started off, a leafy tree lined avenue of victorian semis. This suits me, it's less suffocating. I am still pigeon-holed here though! Because I am a single parent, shortly after I moved in my ndn gave me a letter to give to my landlord. Like, it's impossible for a single parent to own a house.

That's terrible sact

I think the saddest part is young dc and teen dc not being able to play together

Oh shite they're who my HA use
The company that did all that ^ were another company altogether.

So glad we have carbon monoxide alarms.

32 housing associations use them Bishop. We have an alarm too. They are notorious for not turning up for gas safety checks then blaming it on the tenant saying they couldnt gain access. I phoned up to change an appointment last year and they STILL turned up to the original appointment Their IT system is out of date. I had 3 no shows from them the year before.
I had a threatening letter from them last year saying i wouldnt let them in when id simply changed the appointment. Ive kept all the letters and texts. This year i will be recording the calls IF i can get through to them on the phone which you never can. At best useless and at worst dangerous.

OP - I now you've said a couple of times that the parking spaces aren't allocated but have you checked with your HA that they don't own them (and therefore potentially could be allocated should the HA chose to do so)? In my experience of building S106 properties on an estate the spaces (if they are bays rather than on street spaces) are often transferred in blocks to the HA and it's up to them whether to allocate or leave it as a free for all.

Also if the residents association is a part of the official set up of the estate the HA may have an official number of places or votes they can use.

Tenants are FORCED to have ppl like this in their homes. There is no choice. how the fuck can a company who has complaints sitting with Trading Standards then secure another ten year contract.

Something stinks here and it isnt the boilers!

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