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To think I should be able to have a council house?

383 replies

frustratedmumof3 · 22/10/2008 20:18

Ho hum - must stop my addiction to MN as will not have time from next week so my cunning plan is to piss off as many people as possible so I will be frightened to come on here .

So, my local council are building lots of lovely new council or housing association (don't care what they are) homes in my area with brand spanking new kitchens, bathrooms, lovely new carpets etc, etc and I am thinking why should the so-called vulnerable members of society (who are most probably going to wreck the places) be higher on the housing list than us.

We rent privately (since we sold our house 2 years ago as could not afford the mortgage) and I don't see that we will ever be able to afford another house. We pay well over a grand for a 3 bed (3DCs) and have the insecurity of potentially having to move every 6 months at the owners whim which is the worst thing (have already moved 3 times since started renting).

It really makes me mad that quite a few of DCs friends have council houses where they pay only 350 per month and probably earn similar wages to us (the ones that work that is). What makes them deserve one more than us? I know damn well that we will not get one of the new homes as there are about 5000 people in the queue before us and they will probably go to single parents, immigrants and and generally useless members of society who do not work and have no intention of doing so. We pay our taxes and would appreciate any help we were given (as we need it now) but will get sweet FA. Makes me want to scream!! This thread may be unusual as I am not dissing council house tenants as I desperately want to be one (in a new build anyway).

OP posts:
EnchantedWithEdwardCullen · 23/10/2008 12:27

when we went to look at the house i mean (through the windows, not an official visit!)

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:28

OMG, enchanted!

that's most shocking.

FAQ · 23/10/2008 12:29

that's awful enchanted

Upwind · 23/10/2008 12:29

I think everyone should be able to live in a council house if they need one...

nolongeraworriedmummy · 23/10/2008 12:29

"they will probably go to single parents, immigrants and and generally useless members of society who do not work and have no intention of doing so. We pay our taxes and would appreciate any help we were given (as we need it now) but will get sweet FA"

WTF?????????????????
Ok I am a single parent following ten years of an abusive marriage , I do work full time and I also go to uni. I pay farking taxes same as you, I fled with dd to my mums and have to share a bedroom with dd as I cant afford a huge deposit needed to rent privately these days, I CAN NOT get a council house as I am not classified as homeless unless my mum writes a letter to say she is chucking us out but she wont because she comes from the generation were you dont do that, you dont even pretend. I have been on the waiting list now for two years sleeping in a bedroom with my dd and getting nowhere. DD doesnt know from one day to the next when we are going to move and her dog is with a "foster carer" until we find somewhere to go.

I wish I had farking a grand a month to pay rent. You are an idiot.

And here we go again with the only scum get council houses, like I said before when we lived council most of our neighbours were full time workers, teachers, lecturers, florests ect.

EnchantedWithEdwardCullen · 23/10/2008 12:31

I know, its really sad

The house is great now though, to us. I mean some people wouldn't think so but its our home.

The old guys brother rang the house for months after He'd never say anything, just ring the number and then put the phone down... we finally found out it was him by 1471-ing one time he forgot to 'withhold his number' and he told us he had noone else and just rang the number to imagine his brother would answer

We got used to it, lol.

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:32

you're one brave person, enchanted.

that would have freaked me out.

EnchantedWithEdwardCullen · 23/10/2008 12:34

No choice though is there, here if you are offered a hous4e and you refuse you go back to the end of the list!

I wasn't gonna wait 4 years AGAIN.

pingping · 23/10/2008 12:34

PMSL at FAQ!!!! First post very funny.

OP speechless I am glad you get a kick out of your stupid threads it takes a very Sad Lonely person to enjoy being flamed and slagged off but hey suppose you got the attention you seeked.

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:35

and in many if not most councils the only way to get a house is if the old tenant passes away, the stock is that scarce.

SparklyGothKat · 23/10/2008 12:43

I have been to EWED's house and its very nice (BTW we finally got the bunnies back together without him mounting her all the time lol)

I hate the jealously that I have come across 'oh its ok for you, your rent is paid for you, you will never lose your house' etc. If someone wants to have my disabled kids and my house and my life, then hell get here now!!!!

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:47

i guess if it has a good vibe it's all good.

but i've been in two very haunted council houses/flats and seen another.

and i remember Sparkly's old council house that was creepy.

SparklyGothKat · 23/10/2008 12:49

lol!! I should have never told that one eh expat??

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:50

no way, sparkly! it was one of the best 'ghost' stories on here.

right up there with lulumama's and the ultra-scary one where the ghost scratched 'die' into the bathroom door!

SparklyGothKat · 23/10/2008 12:51

I'll save it for halloween night

EnchantedWithEdwardCullen · 23/10/2008 12:52

Its not exactly got a good vibe Not that Im addmitting I believe in ghosts but we do talk to our deceased friend 'Keith' when he is playing up

Hes generally a nice chap, lol.

Glad the rabbits are back together SGK, I bet they look huge now. DS1 saw a photo of them on the computer about a week ago and said 'mum, them rabbits didn't stay long did they??'

expatinscotland · 23/10/2008 12:55

one council flat i'd been in was definitely the scene of a murder. the other was a drug OD.

anniemac · 23/10/2008 12:55

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SparklyGothKat · 23/10/2008 12:55

they are big now, The female is massive (well compared to the male) Its taken a long time to get them used to each other again and she must have lost her 'female smell' finally after being netured, as he has stopped trying it on. But I am glad they are back together with winter coming up.

EnchantedWithEdwardCullen · 23/10/2008 12:57

''The female is massive (well compared to the male)''

ooh like me and DH

Glad they are happy... they were randy little buggers!

Tippychick · 23/10/2008 13:02

I think unemployment in our area is actually a disadvantage, when my contract ended they told me it would make no difference as employemtn status is not taken into account. But if you are working in the area you may be entitled to more points so in fact workers may get a house first.

I do agree with the OP to an extent as I've heard the stories we all have about plumbers earning 80k pa living in a council house they will have the right to buy for a pittance. And I seethed inwardly when a girl at a group t'other week told me the council were paying for a taxi for her to go up to the new builds and let her choose her kitchen. She out-points me as she's lived here a few years longer. It's frustrating but it's life.

I'm homeless, sharing a room and bed with DD, single parent, unemployed to all intents and purposes(as doing degree), will claim HB and I have pets. I'm the least desirable tenant ever it seems as no private rent will look at me - in this area they don't need to.I'm up near the top of the council list but that's all very well as they have no houses and no building projects. I think I'm deserving and I'm prepared to admit there are others more deserving than me, for sure. Sorry to the OP but I don't think you're one of them.......

pamelat · 23/10/2008 13:36

Frustratedmumof3

I haven't read all of the responses, just a few. I am genuinely confused.

  1. Is this is a legitimate posting, or just to wind people up? Otherwise referred to as trolling

  2. Do you really class single mums and immigrants as "generally useless" ... ? Or are you referring to the generally useless (who are these people?) plus single mums & immigrants?

  3. You sound very resentful. I don't know your personal situation but you don't sound very happy with your lot in life. If I were as resentful as you sound, I would be worried or taking a look at my own life.

  4. I also dont understand some of the facts - you say that some of your friends earn the same as you (60K combined income?) and yet are entitled to council houses? Can this be right?

I lived in a council house until I was 11 but I know that no one near me was earning 60K. In fact I miss my old house and to put it politely [hmmm] you are guilty of some huge stereotypes .

pingping · 23/10/2008 13:39

Frustratedmumof3 is a C.u.n.t and is on a wind up Pamelat

combustiblelemon · 23/10/2008 13:43

No comment on the thread, but you don't need to use'.' Pingping.
Cunty cunt cunt cunt.
See.

pingping · 23/10/2008 13:52

O shame I have just seen what you wrote.

LOL I felt it was a polite way to call OP a cunt as I don't like that word but sometimes it just fits some people so well.

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