Social housing

[Sayhellotothemoomoos]

Aibu to think there's just no social housing that is nice?

I've lived in my home for 10 years, initially I didn't notice any problems, I was happy to rent the house at a time when I needed it, but lately I'm noticing that rarely a week goes by without there being antisocial behaviour.

Neighbours having screaming matches in the street, police being called to domestics, drug dealing, vandalism, evictions and so on.

This isn't really one of the worst areas l, far from it, and many a time people comment on how quiet it is round here, but over time you do see lots of goings on. When you look closely it just seems that so many of the families are having problems.

Is there actually any social housing left in good areas? Does this sort of thing go on in private roads?

Bluntness yes I suppose it's obvious really, the answer I'm looking for.

I guess for a few years I'd have said it was nice round here, yet these days it seems there isn't a single week without something going on.

There is community spirit, I do get on with all my neighbours, but I've also started to see loads more horrible stuff and it makes it a miserable place to live.

Most of the time you lose your Windows and ignore it, at times you can't.

It's a difficult one OP! There is social housing in some very very nice areas! however it does not automatically mean the housing is nice!

I used to live with my In-Laws in a very affluent part of town and opposite their house the council built a stunning block of flats for social housing only. The door is kicked in at least once a month and there is police/ambulence there weekly, tbh it never affected our lives from across the wall but it seemed a very sad waste of such a lovely building where you could guarentee 95% is not more of the tennants were not responsible for the door breaking and police etc.

A look on the crime maps will show you the problem areas to an extent.

I live on a council estate, in social housing, and our road is usually quiet of people , its the cars commuters and shoppers use as a short cut makes the most noise especially when they speed over bumps . Saying that, I would not go to our local parade of shops anytime after 10.00 to be honest . As for Domestics, we get a few call outs in our street but not many ,
On the other side of the coin I lived in a flat for years (I got a exchange from there to here) and it was horrible . Horrible people there who picked on women and kids , threw fireworks at passing cars in November . Same estate but totally not the same if you see what I mean

I don't know much about it, apart from the negative stereotypes you come across now and then. However, friend of mine bought a house on a council estate (or rather her parents did) at a bargain price. They were forced to move because of bullying from a minority of residents, and one of them was attacked. They removed the new windows and fences they'd installed, prior to selling, and took it all with them and sold at a loss.

I live in social housing- it's quiet, I've never heard fights etc, my neighbours are ace I.e we put out bins and they get them in, we take in and deliver each other's parcels, we give lifts if needed, take each others rubbish to the tip depending on who's going, buy each other gifts and so on.

Or maybe I'm just lucky!!

I agree with Freudian, having had similar experience with so called professionals in luxury apartment block with concierge service.

It sounds as if you are complaining about the people not the houses or the area.

The area is as nice or awful of the behaviour of the people who live there.

I bought my first house on a council estate but my neighbours on one side were council tenants and just did not respect their property....or mine. They eventually got told to move. Obviously not all people are like this but there are the ones who really spoil it for others! It can happen anywhere though. I just don't understand why people would crap on their own doorstop whether it is social housing or owned.

I live in an HA house and have always felt quite safe. It's mostly privately owned and there are odd problems in terms of loud arguments or bonfires (not confined to HA tenants) but generally normal for a London suburb.

What can cause an issue in SH these days is that it is so hard to get that you really need to have multiple problems in order to be considered- these problems can lead to anti-social behaviour in themselves and would wherever the tenant was housed. Generally they need support far beyond just housing, but that is rarely available. So you can end up with a community gradually changing as new tenants move in and once somewhere is branded as a bad area, the people who can afford to move away and more people with very troubled backgrounds and chaotic lives move in.

I've lived in a SH property on a council estate for about 7 years, there's the odd disagreement between neighbours that can get out of hand and some teenagers that cause trouble out of boredom. We get on for the most part though. In our last privately rented property which was on a little cul de sac it was horrendous, drunk neighbours trying to break in to our house, violence, screaming drunk people 24/7, somebody even broke in and stole our boiler off the wall! The children on this estate I can see are going to be trouble though, mostly because of unemployment and benefit cuts. Their parents have too much to deal with and some little ones are getting free reign to do whatever they want with no boundaries.

I live on a very posh estate in sh. Houses on here worth upwards of 750k. I benefited from a % of sh being built on new estates

Mine is ok but isnt in the best area, constant loud music and the smell of weed in my bedroom. My last house was private but wasn't in a much better area, but it saves us a lot of money living here. We're hopefully only here as a short term option.

It's very nice where I live. But then it's a very mixed area; there's 20 social houses (although some have been bought now) and then some charity houses, terraced houses and further up the road actual million pound mansions. It's a safe village, no fights, very little noise apart from the odd rugby club event that spills out in to the market square.