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Well that's capitalism for you
Thatcher basically privatised the social housing sector and this is what we are left with
If people are appalled by this then blame the selfish gits who voted Conservative in the 1980s
It will take 20 years of investment in social housing to turn this nightmare around
There was a post war concensus in housing policy and although mistakes were made such as some of the high rise estates it was accepted that low cost housing for rent and sale was needed
Along came the Tories, ripped up protected rent ......this is where you are paying huge market rents to private landlords ! ......and sold off council housing .....Great for those who got a house from a huge state subsidy ........a nightmare for those left scrabbling and squabbling around for what was left
It's not the fault of the Welsh government , they have stopped the sale of council homes
This is the result of unmanaged free market capitalism involved in the housing market and seeped into social housing
There is no real social housing left now thanks to the conservatives so the homeless and poorly housed on the waiting lists are directed to hugely over priced private accommodation..........which is paid for by the state through housing benefit ......and goes to private landlords
It is absolutely a scandal and it's down to your lot
The local authorities have absolutely no choice but to house those on the waiting lists into private housing until we start building a glut of social housing
What else would you propose ?
I am simply reminding the grown up of what he previously states, incase his old mind did nor recall events of only a few days ago.
Blindly voting Labour over and over is your solution, because you dad did, and his dad before.
The definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results.
I was brought up "vote labour, keep the tory bastards out" I will never vote labour, the soft leftie types have created a mess where people rely on handouts, hard working people are expected to watch on as more and more people freeload.
Oh shit, I forgot, I can't change it so my opinion is invalid, ah well on with my day I go.
You are out of your depth here sonny
If you think people struggling are just relying on handouts rather than being at the mercy of government policy then I don't intend wasting any of my time discussing this with you
I think it's best that, as you say, you get on with your day
You're a fast learner.
You've been saying the same things over snd over on here since day dot, nobody "has a discussion" with you. You repeat yourself over and over while others have opinions and you jump over a thread saying the same things over and over.
You don't want discussion, you just want to shout louder than the next person and repeat yourself until you fall asleep hoping the rest give up. You'll go quiet then pounce on a completely different thread saying the same things over and over.
There were 6.4 million people on Universal Credit in January 2024. 39% of them were in work - but not earning enough to live.
Is the 'mess' you speak of people claiming benefits (many don't claim who could) or the levels of pay that mean they cannot survive without?
The benefits system is a mess - the UC 'reforms' didn't resolve that and in many ways made it worse - but the underlying problem is poverty and low pay (and high housing and utilities costs). I'm sure you have your reasons for blaming 'soft leftie types' for all that but I think there are more obvious targets.
There are also plenty that claim that shouldn't.
People know how to play the system, people that are fit enough to work cash in hand but also claim the highest rates of disability, housing benefit etc etc. People know how to play the system. They'll squeeze every last penny they can, child benefit etc. How much is given to people that don't need it every year?
There are black people in America that blame the welfare state for ruining black families, mothers happy to raise kids without fathers because they get housing and other handouts.
More you give more people take, perhaps money given to people that don't need it but are happy to claim it (and more) could be better spent elsewhere, maybe they could spend it on care for the elderly, and put our council tax rates back down.