To be pissed off at housing tenants

[Pssedoffathis]

To be pissed off at this
We live in a nice area, there isnt much available to rent. The last 4 bed was 4500 a month that came up 2 months ago.
We were renting at 3000 a month an older house but it needed work and the landlord decided to sell so we moved out and living in a temporary small flat further away from kids schools waiting and waiting for 6 months for a house to come up.
We have heard from several friends that in the area the council have moved a problem family in to a large house in one of the roads. They dont work, 4 kids, police round all the time, stolen car crashed into a lampost, kids out the front screaming, teen age boy being arrested.
Anyway, these absolute scummers are living for free in a house we would love..
Whilst I am paying 40 percent tax and effectively homeless with 2 kids. Waiting for a house to come up that I can afford as 4500 is out of budget and property is scarce.
I am basically paying for these people to live in a house i can not afford to live in myself.
Am I a Mug? Should I move countries?
What is the fecking point in working anymore.

I work full time. No day time tv for me. But I do get a lunch break and thought I would see what people think.

I don't know what a 'scummer' is OP, but maybe you're one?

What a lot of ‘people’ think is that you’ve used all the Daily Mail buzzwords.

Yanbu. It’s scandalous

This is an issue with the housing market not with people who claim benefits

I don't read the daily mail....

They dont work, 4 kids, police round all the time, stolen car crashed into a lampost, kids out the front screaming, teen age boy being arrested
Anyway, these absolute scummers are living for free in a house we would love..?

It's Daily Mail bingo!

Deletion in 5...4...3...2...

Never said you did.

To be fair these days MNHQ will probably let this run. Traffic is traffic after all.

Yes, I'm surprised OP didn't mention the massive TV and spending benefits on cigarettes and botox. Have I missed anything?

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Its a factual thing that is actually happening. I don't read the daily mail.
Maybe I would be worthy of empathy if I gave up my job and started a tirade of antisocial behaviour and didnt parent my kids properly..

Broken sofa in the front garden?

I agree with you OP. It is soul destroying. As far as you can, try to put it out of your head because it will mess with your mental health. Console yourself that you will likely have a comfortable retirement and are a good role model for your children.

Yeah, move to another country with fewer 'scummers' 👍

Re scummers .... Scummers is the name that Portsmouth supporters call Southampton football fans. Perhaps she means scunners, a lovely Scottish word?

Scunner is a versatile Scottish term used as a noun or verb to describe a strong feeling of disgust, loathing, or boredom. It can refer to the state of being fed up (being "scunnered"), the object causing annoyance, or a spooky or mischievous monster character in Scottish folklore. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Time you went back to work OP 😆

Oh yes of course. They probably also terrorise the local neighbourhood with catapults while joyriding their electric scooters.

No I don't think they deserve to live in a house for free whilst causing anticosial behaviour and also in a place that most tax payers can't afford themselves.
I think it takes tbe piss out of working people.

Quit your job and claim UC op, you'll be in a mansion in no time.

I don’t think it is unreasonable to be frustrated, and I do think the sarky responses to the issue at play is part of the reason the right and farage are getting a foothold. If reasonable people won’t listen to what is actually happening and throw around accusations of being a bot, being daily mail, being X, Y and Z, rather than engaging, then we get what we deserve.

FWIW I see why you’re frustrated. But you’re frustrated at the wrong people. That family are working within the the rules of the system and living where they have been given. Just because it’s social housing it doesn’t mean they pay rent, it might mean they are supported in that, but that’s not the same as being free. And using the word ‘scummers’ rather details your point.

But people need to be housed across the country AND private rental costs are skyrocketing. Both are true.

But what do you think specifically should be changed about it the current system OP? What would you do differently?

I think the problem lies with the lack of housing stock - we need more actual council housing in the old model being built for those who can’t afford houses, we need more housing built generally - which I think the govt is trying to address in terms of removing red tape - so that supply meets demand and you can get a decent rental (with some security now) without breaking the bank.

I do not think calling people “scummers” based on what sounds like tittle tattle from friends is helpful. Nor do I think the answer is not to house families with children so that they become homeless, which seems to be your view of what should happen
to this family.