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jO5 Fri 23-Nov-12 13:45:25

they're still at it

I suppose when they manage to get this family out, the flat will be rented to well off people able to pay the full rent themselves. This is social cleansing, and it's heartless.

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Varya Fri 23-Nov-12 17:49:33

What is happening here JO?

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Mishap Fri 23-Nov-12 18:27:15

Don't quite get this - the council is already accommodating this family. If they chuck them out, who gets the empty flat? - and why don't they send that family to Brum instead? I am puzzled.....

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jO5 Fri 23-Nov-12 18:40:36

I think the family who lives there now probably needs rent benefit from the council because the rents in London are so high. If they can re-locate the family to somewhere cheaper they wouldn't need so much benefit.

The flat would then be taken on by someone who did not need benefit. ie wealthier people.

The family have been living there for 17 years. They were originally genuine asylum seekers.

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jO5 Fri 23-Nov-12 18:41:48

The properties are privately owned.

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annodomini Fri 23-Nov-12 19:32:52

Polly Toynbee on the effects of the new regulations on housing benefit.

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annodomini Fri 23-Nov-12 19:34:31

Polly Toynbee on the effects of the new regulations on housing benefit.

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annodomini Fri 23-Nov-12 19:49:53

Dear me! I repeated that post because I thought I hadn't 'blued' the first - now I realise I had. Should change my name to dopey.

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