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[quote Gavin Smith]We're talking about ideals though, Marcus. Whilst it would be nice to create more housing stock, by doing that we create a segregated "community" that is barren of normal people that...
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[quote=Marcus]there's actually quite a lot of social housing directly abutting that area[/quote] Where is that?
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[quote Gavin Smith][quote=Marcus]there's actually quite a lot of social housing directly abutting that area[/quote] Where is that?[/quote] Are you serious? Devon Mansions, St Olave's Estate. Even the...
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Deadly! Yes, most of the flats therein have been sold off, even on the Arnold. Those that are left are mostly one-beds that aren't suitable for families and those "units" bigger than single people.
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[quote Gavin Smith]Deadly! Yes, most of the flats therein have been sold off, even on the Arnold. Those that are left are mostly one-beds that aren't suitable for families and those "units" bigger than...
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COL know that all they need to is wait. I feel sorry for anyone who moves in and is then subsequently priced out once all the changes to rents kick in next decade. Southwark Labour know very well but...
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Gavin - Not jealous. I already live in the area and wouldn't qualify for the housing anyway (nor should I). My view is that if we're going to use substantial community resources to provide affordable...
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The Government are absolutely correct in forcing the sale of 'mansion-style' million pound plus council houses in order to help fund development of more social housing units. Just cannot understand how...
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Well they've just done the opposite at One Tower Bridge, Floodplain. The City of London (along with Southwark Council) have just built a whole development of million £+ flats to be rented out at...
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" Karen - Of course you are correct and given that the CoL already owned the land i'm sure it cost much less than that. However, it is still worth £43m. As i said above, it's not a bad thing to provide...
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Thumbs up to providing social housing in this immediate area, and in this development. Thumbs up to the CoL doing 5-year leases with reviews, lifetime tenancies at fixed rents are unfair. Why?...
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[quote kevinruairi]Thumbs up to providing social housing in this immediate area, and in this development. Thumbs up to the CoL doing 5-year leases with reviews, lifetime tenancies at fixed rents are...
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Boroughonian - On your first point, of course you look at what they're worth, not what they cost! When allocating limited resources you can't just look at historic cost base - that would be silly (and...
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[quote boroughonian][quote kevinruairi]Thumbs up to providing social housing in this immediate area, and in this development. Thumbs up to the CoL doing 5-year leases with reviews, lifetime tenancies...
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From the CoL website for this development: Where a fixed-term tenancy is granted and reaches its end, a further term will normally be granted if there are no significant changes of circumstance....
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Hmm... I'm with you on some of your points, sjac, having perhaps been a tad harsh to begin with. However, I think what constitutes "significant change" is a subjective rather than objective matter....
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Reportedly £170k builds a new home e.g 3 bed on Southwark land. For £43M 253 homes could built. So it is tempting to sell the lot and reinvest all the proceeds and capital. It does not make sense to...
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[quote sjac]From the CoL website for this development: Where a fixed-term tenancy is granted and reaches its end, a further term will normally be granted if there are no significant changes of...
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surely social housing should be allocated on the basis of need. if someone's circumstances change whereby they can afford to buy their own home after a resonable notice period they could hand the...
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I agree that if the building was for housing teachers, police, nurses etc then I'm sure this would be largely applauded. This is just a question, as I'm not social housing guru, but how likely is this...
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I wonder what people mean when they say that people's circumstances change. I've just thought of a scenario where a person has been told there's going to be cutbacks to their department and they're 4...
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I hope that at least "rest of liftime" tenancies will be supported? These are provided even by the tax haven of Jersey for the over 55's etc. Peeps who need to be settled for their wellbeing. We also...
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[quote boroughonian]I wonder what people mean when they say that people's circumstances change. I've just thought of a scenario where a person has been told there's going to be cutbacks to their...
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[quote=Se16lucy]someone earning 25k+, or a working couple earning double that. Most people in this earning bracket, key workers or not, usually have little choice but to pay a huge part of their take...
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[quote kevinruairi][quote boroughonian]I wonder what people mean when they say that people's circumstances change. I've just thought of a scenario where a person has been told there's going to be...
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Housing Benefit also known as Local Housing Allowance nowadays is capped by the District Valuer and the current rates are at:...
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[quote hhrca]Housing Benefit also known as Local Housing Allowance nowadays is capped by the District Valuer and the current rates are at:...
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Joy! - via hesa.ac.uk I've just calculated that it takes 81,960 rooms to house just the non-domicle students of the london region universities monitored by hesa (2012/13 stats). Very very big business...
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[quote hhrca]Amazing what we can provide for students for c.£123 a week![/quote] If only students were able to find accommodation that cheap. All of the new halls of residence being built are...
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Here's the [url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/lifeAtLSE/accommodation/forStudents/Documents/LSEAccommFeesOverview.pdf]LSE's hall prices[/url] which HESA used to state £123. The private companies are charging...
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