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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 17, 2023 14:30:45 GMT
This is where the rubber meets the road.
South Kesteven District Council (N. Lincs) has elected to purchase twelve houses for Afghan and Ukrainian refugees on a new-build estate where properties can cost up to £720,000. The twelve houses are part of the council's allocation under the Government's £500 million scheme to allow local authorities to provide housing for refugees.
Local residents are said to be 'incensed' that brand-new 'high specification' properties are being provided to foreigners in preference to people who have been on the waiting list for years.
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Aug 17, 2023 15:11:29 GMT
We'll never stop the boats while we're financing this. No wonder they want to come here.
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Post by Red Rackham on Aug 17, 2023 15:24:48 GMT
When the hell are people going to start getting angry over this, where's the demonstrations where's the mass civil disorder? I mean Christ almighty this is so much worse than the poll tax which hundreds of thousands of people rioted over. How bad has it got to get before people wake up?
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Post by sheepy on Aug 17, 2023 16:55:09 GMT
You are dealing with the rank insane and asking for any common sense went out of the window 50 years ago.
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Post by dappy on Aug 17, 2023 16:59:57 GMT
It is surprising that a council in Lincolnshire would spend £720000 on buying a house for one family.
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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 17, 2023 17:28:37 GMT
Indeed it would be dappy but I don't think anyone is saying that is the case.
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Post by dappy on Aug 17, 2023 17:56:19 GMT
Oh gosh Dan you are right.
Who would have thought it. A Daily Mail headline deliberately designed to mislead. How shocking.
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Post by Orac on Aug 17, 2023 18:08:52 GMT
Trying my best to find a silver lining here - it does mean that people who buy 750,000 houses are running some risk of being fully exposed to the open borders experiment and all of its joys
I feel no malice at all towards these people, but I do feel those living in rather more modest accommodations have had more than their fair share recently.
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Post by dappy on Aug 17, 2023 19:12:31 GMT
Perhaps they will make a special effort to only accommodate there those people claiming asylum that don’t have horns. Just in case any unsuspecting resident is not aware, perhaps we should make them wear something to identify them quickly. A yellow star perhaps?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2023 20:52:08 GMT
Oh gosh Dan you are right. Who would have thought it. A Daily Mail headline deliberately designed to mislead. How shocking. Was it? The article says they spent £1.8 million on 12 houses which is £150,000 each, that is perfectly clear to anyone who can read past a headline. That's cheap housing these days. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 17, 2023 21:07:06 GMT
I think the gist of the message is not so much the price paid for individual properties but rather that councils are being encouraged by central government to acquire houses for foreigners rather than local people.
When we read headlines about £500 million being provided by the government for local authorities to acquire housing for refugees it all seems a little abstract but this example shows what that really means in practise.
As noted above, it's where the rubber meets the road.
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Post by Red Rackham on Aug 17, 2023 23:02:41 GMT
Perhaps they will make a special effort to only accommodate there those people claiming asylum that don’t have horns. Just in case any unsuspecting resident is not aware, perhaps we should make them wear something to identify them quickly. A yellow star perhaps? Pillock. That's twice this week Dappy, why not go for a hat-trick. If anyone can do it, you can. |
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Post by Pacifico on Aug 18, 2023 6:51:01 GMT
I think the gist of the message is not so much the price paid for individual properties but rather that councils are being encouraged by central government to acquire houses for foreigners rather than local people. When we read headlines about £500 million being provided by the government for local authorities to acquire housing for refugees it all seems a little abstract but this example shows what that really means in practise. As noted above, it's where the rubber meets the road. To be fair to the local authority - it is Central Government who decides to allow all these people in to the country so it really is only fair that Central Government provides the funding to house them. |
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Post by Dan Dare on Aug 18, 2023 8:15:32 GMT
I would go further and state that if the government admits foreigners of any sort into the country then it is their responsibility to provide for their care and sustenance, not something that ought to be delegated to local authorities whose responsibilities are just that, local. In the specific case of refugees, whose tenure is (or should be) by definition limited, it is a criminal folly to raise expectations of permanent settlement by forlorn efforts to 'integrate' them into existing communities. The government should take a leaf from the UNHCR's book and consider housing refugees in camps like Al-Azraq in Jordan, which accommodates 40,000 Syrians.
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