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To think that this is a prime example of the entitlement from some people in this country?

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MealDeal1 · 18/03/2024 13:31

Someone on a large FB group that I am on posted yesterday to say that they want to move abroad and gave examples of a couple of countries that they want to go to.

They then said that they live in council housing here so would need to be 'housed' over there and how do they go about getting housed?

Basically they wanted to move abroad and get given that country's equivalent of a council house/social housing on arrival.

AIBU to think this is the absolute height of entitlement?

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saltinesandcoffeecups · 24/03/2024 23:26

So I did go back and read your posts and you did say council housing

They then said that they live in council housing here

The only thing the US for a housing benefit as most Brit’s think of it is Section 8 housing. Basically it pays the private LL direct for monthly rent.

There is nothing similar to gov’t owned and rented housing by any for of government here.

So on that initial premise yeah I have no idea where you are going on this thread but shit stirring.

Galaga · 24/03/2024 23:48

marmaduke12 · 18/03/2024 23:30

Oh dear ( haven't RTFT) but tell them not to come to Australia. We have a queue for public housing years long. Also it's run by the states not by the council. If you rocked up to any local council and said you were homeless, they would say " that's unfortunate" and maybe give you an address of a shelter. Completely different system. Councils here are "Roads , rubbish and rates" with the odd programme of something or other thrown in.
And you need to be a citizen or permanent resident to join the public housing queue.

Indeed. And to even get to Australia, isn't it a requirement that you either are sponsored by an organisation or have required job skills? You certainly can't just fly over, decide to move in, settle on council housing and that's that. (Besides, council housing tends to not be by the beach, or have a pool. Did they know that?)

Onceuponatimeiwasaho · 24/03/2024 23:57

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