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14 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

You're "pretty sure"? Or do you know for a fact that such a property exists, that it costs a reasonable amount (not a mansion) and that the owners are willing to rent to a refugee family?

You see, this is where the ship of ideology runs into the rock of reality and that usually ends one way.

Yeah I am pretty sure that there are 5 bedroom properties for rent in Glasgow.  If you want to see for yourself then have a look o  rightmove or similar sites.

Define "reasonable" here, what price is too high and what criteria or formula do you use to calculate this.

That's the problem when your opinion runs into the rock of legality.

 

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12 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

What on earth are you wittering on about?

They've been asked to live in a 3 bed house, not a crack den.

It's certainly not ideal but plenty of people have to make do with situations like this.

And it's only for a few years until they get to 17 or 18 and head off to uni or work.

 

They have been asked to live in unsuitable accomodation.  Professionals have assessed this and made the determination which has been confirmed to be their legal entitlement.

Your argument about how long the property would be needed is based on your own middle-class prejudices.  Plenty of families do not have kids that go to uni or even where they do go to uni, stay at home due to financial or social reasons.  

 

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Amazing (no it's not really) that the PnB experts seem to think Housing legislation can just be ignored when an LA fancies. This (and any other) family have a legal right to the number of bedrooms stipulated as per their children's ages and capabilities. Not sure what folk dont get here. It's why the hated "bedroom tax" (now mitigated in Scotland via Discretionary Housing Payment) was dreamed up ie to "free up" larger houses due to a shortage and the law regarding suitability. When it comes to social housing the law states the minimum number of bedrooms your house must have. Not sure what folk can't grasp here. If the law didn't exist every landlord private or HA / LA would just be able to act like the slum landlords we read about all to frequently. Saying this family should just accept less rooms against the law because it was worse where they came from or because they should be thankful we are housing them at all is borderline Xenophobic.

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That is insane.
No council should be footing a bill that size just for accommodation for a single family.
That is way beyond what could be called a reasonable amount.
That house is absolutely immaculate and way beyond most people's income. Nobody on benefits should be expecting a house like that.
It's this sort of thing which fuels anti-immigration sentiment in the country. Be careful what you wish for folks.
Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelled by fucking morons tbf. It's also fairly typical of the private rental cost for a 4/5 property according to the LHA rates. Private landlords could try not being such greedy c***s also.

This isn't what most refugees would expect btw. It's a highly unusual situation which crops up once in a blue moon. The vast majority of refugees are shoved into the council's hardest to let properties.

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1 hour ago, Day of the Lords said:

Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelled by fucking morons tbf. It's also fairly typical of the private rental cost for a 4/5 property according to the LHA rates. Private landlords could try not being such greedy c***s also.

This isn't what most refugees would expect btw. It's a highly unusual situation which crops up once in a blue moon. The vast majority of refugees are shoved into the council's hardest to let properties.

"People are going to be racist because the poor and vulnerable aren't being punished enough for being untermensch" is the kind of big-brained stuff that keeps me coming back to the Politics board. What a mind.

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2 hours ago, oaksoft said:

Thankfully, none of the posters on here are in charge of public finances.

The country would be bankrupt with their "mansions for everyone" policy. 😆

Or alternatively "decent publicly owned housing stock" policy. 

This hasn't arisen because of bleeding heart liberals splashing cash on an over generous benefit system. It has arisen because of economically right wing dogma against public ownership. 

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2 hours ago, oaksoft said:

That is insane.

No council should be footing a bill that size just for accommodation for a single family.

That is way beyond what could be called a reasonable amount.

That house is absolutely immaculate and way beyond most people's income. Nobody on benefits should be expecting a house like that.

It's this sort of thing which fuels anti-immigration sentiment in the country. Be careful what you wish for folks.

Couldn't you perhaps try being a cúnt five days a week and have weekends off for a while - see how it goes? You may find your seethe levels and BP dropping. 

Nobody's asking you to actually meet poor people, ffs. Just let folk get on with their "virtue signalling"* when it's not affecting you personally, eh?

*or "being decent human beings" as the rest of us call it.

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I'd imagine he'll be much happier when he's retired, able to pursue his interests, and has the ability to keep away from people he doesn't like.

Imagine being able to do all that and still be impotently raging about everything, eh?  :lol:

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