I bought my council house...I feel horribly guilty and anxious

[RodMunch]

I got it for less than half market value, we had a small deposit too so as a result our mortgage is miniscule. DH earns well and because of this, I don't really need to work. I have 3 dc, 2 at school and the littlest is 3. I do some voluntary work but mostly just stay at home with him.

We have had the house a year in January. I feel incredibly guilty seeing my friends suffer juggling jobs and childcare and stuff and paying loads out in rent / mortgage. The only reason we could TTC for dc3 was due to being in a council property so the rent was ok. It sucks and its unfair ...I don't deserve what I have...I got the house originally by the skin of my teeth 8 years ago as a single mum, no one gets houses now and I have taken another one away. and I am part of the unfairness and I don't like myself much for it :(

It sounds mad...I can't believe my luck but feel I don't deserve it. DH and I are happy and the DC want for nothing but I honestly feel like something is going to go horribly wrong for us as a sort of karma.

I identify as left wing yet I feel like I have completely gone against my principles and profited massively from a Tory policy that has ruined council housing in this country.

I think OP might need some council s to go with that attitude!!

So the OP thinks she's so deserving and worthy that a bit of volunteering and her involvement on local politics will make up for her council house.

You go OP!

Oh did we have the big reveal?

I blinked.

Haha! Op comes on, apparently feeling bad for having betrayed her 'ethics' and moral code. People agree. That makes them cunts. So what does that make the OP?

For those who say that the money the council 'earns' from selling these houses is meant to go into building new homes clearly have no idea how much it actually costs to build the new homes and connect them to infrastructure.
Plus what about all the money spent by the councils on upkeep?
Can't believe so many people are so disconnected from reality...

What does it matter?

OP is just a GF.

It's a bit of waste discussing housing finance, land ownership etc here.

So you don't like yourself much for doing what you did and you're going to run for office to make sure no one else can?

Well, I guess that's it then, you've done all you can, if we do something against our principles, as long as we have the decency to feel bad about it and do a bit of lip-service politicking that should MORE than make up for the bad things we did. Or, how about no?

I have no problem with right-to-buy but I do have a problem with bleeding heart hand-wringers who are against it but then do it anyway.