£145k pa Champagne Socialist Bob Crow defends living in a Council House

[joebloggs]

all i see it says about building 150,000 homes, you know and i know virtually 0 council houses have been built since thatcher, if they are talking about housing associations building them, then they might be subsidised by the taxpayer, but as you know 0 council houses have been built so anyone in social housing whatever it cost to build 20+yrs ago has been easily paid back in rent, the house I'm in is 50yrs old, don't tell me that the council haven't got their money back in rent yet and so how can it be subsidised

[Dedworth]

all i see it says about building 150,000 homes, you know and i know virtually 0 council houses have been built since thatcher, if they are talking about housing associations building them, then they might be subsidised by the taxpayer, but as you know 0 council houses have been built so anyone in social housing whatever it cost to build 20+yrs ago has been easily paid back in rent, the house I'm in is 50yrs old, don't tell me that the council haven't got their money back in rent yet and so how can it be subsidised

Forget all the & Joe

your post # 3 asked what the taxpayer had to do with it ?

We've now established that Housing Associations do get a chunk of funding from the taxpayer. Local Authorities (ie Councils) raise their money from Council Tax Payers and also get public money from Central Govt - does that answer your question ?

Those councils who like you assume have got the cost back in rent should be doing the decent thing and putting that surplus money into building new council stock. Why haven't Labour Councils built any new houses ?

If Comrade Bob's house needs a new boiler or windows he doesn't have to dip into his own pocket like I do

[joebloggs]

If Comrade Bob's house needs a new boiler or windows he doesn't have to dip into his own pocket like I do

yes but you don't have to pay rent which goes up every year by 5-7%

[Dedworth]

yes but you don't have to pay rent which goes up every year by 5-7%

erm I don't think boilers, windows etc are immune from inflation

[gWaPito]

yes but you don't have to pay rent which goes up every year by 5-7%

Yes but, if you become unemployed..you are not going to get the house taken...we'll be fronting the cost of that