Justin my PC friend, you rather sarcastically wrote:-"Andrew, you have me pegged and now I recognise that I am just a selfish person living in my vast mansion ( any chance of letting out some rooms to the homeless?) who has dedicated myself to making sure that nurses and police officers don't get properly housed because of my looney left opinions. (Correct!) I am now totally converted to your point of view (about time too!). However I have few concerns about how our new policy would work in practise".My replyI am glad you have seen some sense (at last!) Don’t be too concerned though, it can be resolved if you luvvies agree that British must come first. I will now endeavour to give you my answers to your questions.You askedFirstly if we are to give priority to 'born and bred' how is this to be determined? If a child is locally born but his or her parents are not then would they be entitled to housing? What about a British citizen not born in this country? Does born and bred mean locally or nationally - would for instance British born people who have just moved here from other parts of the country be put ahead in the queue of non-British born people who have lived in Brentford for most of their lives?My replyBorn and bred means just that.Born and grown up here. The age of the child would also be a consideration, for him or her to be considered for housing, but whatever the age, his/her parents would be treated as non British, and therefore would not qualify for social housing unless they apply for citizenship, you know but it doesn’t seem to concern you that this is wide open for further abuse!Born and bred in this context means local to the borough, in this example, the Borough of Hounslow. British people moving to here from other parts of the country could apply for social housing and go on the waiting list. If a person who has lived here for most of their lives, this would again depend on their age I would question why, if they have lived here most of their lives, they haven’t applied for citizenship to avoid this situation of “rights”? if they haven't applied, then they are obviously not interested! You askedIf we are going to deny Council housing to non-British born people does that mean you would wish the general obligation of Councils to house everybody? Are we prepared for families of rough sleepers around the borough?My replyYes!, an absolute obligation to house everybody, who cannot afford a mortgage, or to rent in the private sector. No we are not prepared for rough sleepers, ask yourself why?.........because we are too tied up with the problems of others, immigrants/asylum seekers/refugees etc to worry about them. Rough sleepers are put up in hostels; very few have a room to call their own. I would reverse this situation And that would be the ONLY option. Finally put a stop to housing young teenagers who act irresponsibly by getting pregnant, I'll leave the solution to others for now!You askedWhat would our reaction be when the first child dies in winter as a result of not being housed due to our policy. My replyI think you know the answer to this, but the policy of allowing too many immigrants and others to settle here, and want/wish to be housed, in an already overcrowded and under resourced area, they should instead be dispersed across the UK to other areas of the UK. Never mind the NIMBY’s or the newcomers deciding where they want to go, we decide where NOT THEM, and if, has happened in the past they return here, they then should find their own accommodation, having made themselves purposely homeless for whatever reason.You askedI presume you will say that people would not come to this country if they have nowhere to live but that isn't really a consideration for a genuine asylum seeker bringing his family to Britain to save their lives. You may doubt such people exist but I can assure you that they do.My replyNo I don’t think that people would not come to this country if there was no guarantee of housing. Many travel through many “safe countries”, knowing full well that we will put them first, for everything, and with any protests from us the plebs, being shouted down by the liberal “luvvies” as witnessed on this forum. I don’t think you understand either, that many of them con their way here, again ask yourself what is the attraction for them as opposed to elsewhere? Our weather?You askedIf we give priority to key workers in public services for Council housing how does this help the plight of local people on the waiting list? People would be attracted to work in the area by the subsidised housing and the chance to sell off the unit at a profit. Wouldn't this squeeze out more local people and reduce our stock even further? Wouldn't housing single people in these units be an inefficient use of scarce stock and ultimately result in more people being homeless?My replyHave you really thought this through? If you turned up to the local hospital, and there were no porters, nurses, junior doctors, where would you go to, as my wife had to when suffering a cardiac arrest, she was sent to St. Georges in Tooting, and on another occasion to Barnet General Hospital through lack of staff and resources. And I think you insult these categories of priority key workers, by suggesting that they would sell on to make a profit, if that is your theory, wouldn’t that also apply to everybody else who had the accommodation? Some Housing Associations convert flats into shared accomodation for single people, they need not be occupied by a single person.Any chance of a considered answer to these questions rather than a rant?You have got it. How about giving us your PC suggestion as to how we allocate scarce housing stock, both Public and Private?
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