Buying a council house - Right2buy/Housing discount

[ethical PR]

I am just struggling to understand the responses here.

It’s not our fault that you can’t buy your landlords home with a discount and it’s not our fault we are being let down by our Housing association.

For 31 years, between them the council have taken the rent without one missed payment. Therefore over £100k.

My Dad wants to look after his kids and the house has a discount, so what? Anyone in the same situation would do the same if they could.

No we wouldn't . You are not buying the home from a landlord. You are buying social housing from a local authority and therefore it is one less home that is available for a family in need. That is what I object to. I can see how buying the house would benefit you and your siblings. But if the house needs work it's not likely to benefit your father as he will be liable for all future work such as say damp and including for example boiler breakdowns. At the moment all of that is covered by the council.

 

[bodgitt&scarperLTD]

The sense of entitlement is staggering.

 

[MBE2017]

I am struggling to understand this post?

95% of potential buyers are just wanting to buy the house to own their own house and are genuine people. If someone offered you a discount, would you take it? Of course we ALL would.

As stated, 95% are genuinely looking to buy their own house and yes, obviously the majority of people would avail themselves of the major discount offered to long standing tenants.

A few on the forum might have political views which oppose the right to buy scheme, but it has been in place for the best part of 30/40 years, and hundreds of thousands have benefited in that time, so why not now?

No political party that I am aware of has ever suggested reversing the right to buy scheme, so like with Brexit, time to move on guys and join the world as it is, not as a handful wish it was.

I agree, the level of hypocrisy being spouted is unbelievable. No one ever suggests not trying to secure a private house below the asking price, I see no difference, the scheme is there, take advantage of it if possible.

 

[NewTime]

I would love to buy a house with a disount. Committing fraud to do so is perhaps not a good look.

Who is committing fraud? My Dad is interested in buying the home he lives in and is able to get a discount.

And for reference, I have screenshotted this post.

 

[NewTime]

No we wouldn't . You are not buying the home from a landlord. You are buying social housing from a local authority and therefore it is one less home that is available for a family in need. That is what I object to. I can see how buying the house would benefit you and your siblings. But if the house needs work it's not likely to benefit your father as he will be liable for all future work such as say damp and including for example boiler breakdowns. At the moment all of that is covered by the council.

Are you assuming that we aren't a family in need? Are you assuming we don't need somewhere to live?

 

[Newchodge]

Who is committing fraud? My Dad is interested in buying the home he lives in and is able to get a discount.

And for reference, I have screenshotted this post.

Screenshot whatever you like, although i haven't the faintest ides why you would do so.

I was commenting on this post:

I had a neighbour pass away, and her daughter just spent 2 years trying to defraud the council out of her mother's council house. She didn't live there with her mother, but claimed she did. She finally got it when she had a baby. The things people will do to get a council house in order to get hold of that discount is just crazy.

 

[NewTime]

Screenshot whatever you like, although i haven't the faintest ides why you would do so.

I was commenting on this post:

I had a neighbour pass away, and her daughter just spent 2 years trying to defraud the council out of her mother's council house. She didn't live there with her mother, but claimed she did. She finally got it when she had a baby. The things people will do to get a council house in order to get hold of that discount is just crazy.

You are comparing us to someone else.

 

[Newchodge]

You are comparing us to someone else.

This is a forum. You made the original post. Discussion arising from that will range into a number of different areas. It is not all about you.

 

[ethical PR]

Are you assuming that we aren't a family in need? Are you assuming we don't need somewhere to live?

Yet you can afford to fund your Dad to buy his place. If you can afford to do this put down a deposit on your own home.

If your Dad wanted to buy his place I don't have an issue with it even though I think Right to Buy is awful.

What I have a problem with is children of parents who live in council accommodation trying to persuade their parents to buy their council house so they can profit from it.

If you truly are a family in need apply for your own social housing - what really.,.,.you can't.????..there's a massive waiting list you say. Wonder why that is ? perhaps because millions of people like you took bought most of the social housing and now there's not enough for those in need.

 

[ethical PR]

Like I say, my Dad would love to buy the house for us, knowing his age. But at the same time, we are having endless problems with our housing association as it is.

I think he'd love not to deal with the housing assocation.

That's not what you said in your initial post.

 

[ethical PR]

I am struggling to understand this post?

95% of potential buyers are just wanting to buy the house to own their own house and are genuine people. If someone offered you a discount, would you take it? Of course we ALL would.

the point is they are not offering YOU a discount. They are offering your father a discount. And no I wouldn't exercise my right to buy on social housing. It's immoral for children of parents like you to cheat the system .