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Question on council housing

HiI was wondering if anyone can help me. Can the council force poeple out of their council flats/houses to make way for redevelopemt. Is there a law that can enforce this?I am a little worried because i see so much re development in Brentford, i fear it may happen to peopleThanks

Rakesh Patel ● 4182d3 Comments

When one looks at the cosy relationships that LBH and others are signing up to with appalling Housing associations like A2 Dominion and others, One wonders just how social housing or council housing can survive.I note that one or two local authorities are wising up to the below par standards of larger Housing Associations who are fleecing authorities and tenants alike and deregistering as charities, resulting in 10 fold salary increases for directors and no doubt a few bob coming the way of those who do business with them one way or another.Those authorities are going to become developer and builder on a not for profit basis and develop and build quality social housing and affordable private housing at cost and provide what people actually want and need as opposed to the profit led get what we give you overpriced rubbish that too many developers are fobbing us off with. The profit gets put back into the next project. I would like to think this is now an issue too serious to be messed about with by politicians, but some of the tories seem to be way too close to developers and their associates and quite a few Labour and lib dems too.No elected representative or officer in the domain should have any occupational or vested interests with any developer or PR industry links in any way until at least 8 years out of office.No reason why LBH can't do this

Anthony Waller ● 4181d

I posted this yesterday - frightening developments in government thinking? Also read about some outfit that wants to build a high rise block for rent to the 'middle classes' now priced out of the buyers market, the developers are lobbying for the government to let them out of the percentage of social housing units usually required, and exclude social housing tenants from its developments. The people that they want to rent to are 'professionals, over 35, with young families'.  The local council, Camden, are objecting as they would like 50% threshold for social housing units, plus locals are up in arms over the look of this block. However, a former Tory housing minister, Mark Prisk M.P., is now working for the developers as well as doing the day job he was elected to do plus copping another £18,000. Handy when lobbying for a controversial development. Worrying article about housing in 'Private Eye' this week, some pillock thinks that giving away for free the last remnants of social housing in London would be a good wheeze. The normal Thatcher tripe about being a nation of homeowners. The fact that this is also rock-solid Labour territory has nothing to do with it of course.  But as was pointed out, in the blink of an eye this would be sold by anyone with half a brain for a nice profit, mostly to private, extortionate landlords so that the taxpayer could fund yet more people's housing benefit. The other brainwave was to knock down all the council estates and replace them with fine Georgian Squares, to enhance the view across London. Of course this doesn't help the housing situation one jot, but hey! Happy mates and ecstatic and even richer donors to the Tories so who cares?

Vanessa Smith ● 4181d

If you have a tenancy then that tenancy cannot be revoked unless you do something to place yourself in serious breach of it.However if council dwellings need to be demolished then the local authority has a right to do that, although it then also has a responsibility to rehouse you.Hope this is helpful.

Phil Andrews ● 4182d