Human Rights

[Spudly]

So, apparently charging people extra rent for under occupying social housing is against human rights.

What a kick in the teeth eh? Perhaps we should take our complaints to the rubbish heaps of Mumbai.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Wouldn't expect anything less from the Guardian.
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[Spudly]

Originally got the story off the BBC TV news
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[Quornholio]

Not strictly true - where the issue lies is that there isn't enough appropriately sized housing for those who wish to downsize to avoid the charge - which they who are not accountable but like to be obeyed deem as an infringement of a basic right to housing.

If you register intent to downsize, and specify what you wish to move so, as long as it is reasonable and realistic, where is the problem in not charging them until such a property comes available? Or even swapping houses if a family is overcrowded and another is underoccupying?

If you want to be a complete and utter c*nt who thinks they deserve a 3 bedroomed home despite living alone, you should be charged the subsidy for your greed. Same for oldies to an extent.

[Rogerborg]

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[hedgehugger]

There is also the issue that some one bedroom properties have higher rents than a 3 bedroomed house.
But the rent would be paid fully on the 1 bed.

[Raffles]

Former Minister for urban planning in Brazil's centre-left Worker's Party, Raquel Rolnik:-

https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2013/9/11/1378889455958/Raquel-Rolnik-010.jpg
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[Walloper]

[stinkwheel]

From the interview I heard on the Today program on radio 4 this morning, the Brazillian bint appears to have some sort of axe to grind and has come over here stirring the shite.

She came across as a wittering, over-excited foriegn hippy type.

The Government minister they interviewed could barely contain his rage. She hasn't apparently spoken to them about the policy at all, doesn't know what the policy is called and hasn't met with any government ministers. She had no official permission to come into the country to do this investigation and didn't inform the ogvernment she was coming. She has also made a press release on the subject when her report isn't due out until January next year and has been photographed with nototiously left wing newspaper executives.

I confidently predict her UK visa will be withdrawn and she will be shipped back with some rapidity to wherever she came from to answer some difficult questions from her employers.
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[J0Al1]

They need to focus on disscoragement of reproduction - especially amoungst the poor/un-employed. This in turn will sort this bedroom crisis.

Too many poor people breeding.....

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[MarJay]

People in glass houses (IE people from Brazil) shouldn't throw stones.
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[Quornholio]

[CaNsA]

[Quornholio]

Or, due to all prime building land being sold off to greedy developers, so they can build yet more (un)affordable(tothemasses) housing.

I have learned, using my local council as the example, that they don't give two fucks as long as there's plenty cake in it for them.

[CaNsA]

[Quornholio]

That isn't the sole reason though - there are many other factors which can amplify the issue.

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[MarJay]

I think the idea is that people let out their spare rooms to make up the income...
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[Skudd]

I rent privately and get no support for my rent. I rent a 4 bedroom house. It was only £30 a month more than all the three bedroom houses, but it had loads more land, parking space, front and back gardens, a side drive, large kitchen and lounge. Three of the bedrooms are liveable spaces that can fit a bed, wardrobe, set of drawers and have somewhere to stand in while you get dressed and the like. The 4th bedroom just about fits a single bed in it, you wouldn't really get a wardrobe in it, or if you did it would be so small it would be useless, you definitely wouldn't get a set of drawers in and as for standing in it with space around you to get dresses, well that would be a resounding no. It is a storage cupboard at best and id used as such. I have myself and my two children, one of each gender.
When I went around the three bedroom houses the third bedroom was as how I have described my 4th bedroom. So in the end for just a few pound more I have got a proper sized family home. You will find this is the case with so many other 3/4 bedroom houses.
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