Don't build on our park! (From Daily Echo)

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  ohec wrote:
  You are still hooked on this idea that people should buy property (WHY) as i have pointed out before the government propose to change the regulations in respect of social housing but the majority of tenants are secure at the moment as a lot are assured and many have the right to buy. Your confusion seems to arise from the changes that have taken place in our country over the last 40/50 years and your age,years ago only the better off in society bought houses they were also the only ones that had cars or went to Spain on holiday, so unless you fitted into that bracket you went on the housing list, now everybody has cars goes on holiday to Spain and elsewhere, and there are no council houses anymore thanks to Margaret Thatcher who sold off a lot of our housing stock and said everybody has the right to own their own home, but she neglected to say if they can afford it.So social housing will change to limited leases instead of the old system of a house for life.

  Who bought the council houses?
  As I've tried to point out I have nothing against people who live in council/social housing.
  I am against those who move into a house which is in good repair & the area looks great & they use the surrounding area as a rubbish tip.
  or they smash their doors & in a short period of time the place is a wreck.
  This is not fair to their neighbours who look after their property & gives them all a bad reputation.
  there should be conditions set & if they fail maybe we should go back to the 50's & set up Hostels to house them until they can agree to look after a home better & if they don't three strikes & it's hostel living for you unless you buy or rent privately.
  I'm not a NIMBY I live in Lordshill which is a mix of private & council homes & besides a very few you would find it hard to know which is which as those tenants care for where & what they live in"
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