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nightbird
Calaspia
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 Posted - 14/06/2007 : 11:55:24
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Originally posted by Miriam Binder
Assessments are being done on a first come first served basis. It is my understanding that they are currently dealing with requests for assessment made back in August September of last year.
Not quite right Miriam, its done by needs priority but no consolation when budget restrictions limit the amount that can be done each financial quarter.
Cut backs have severely damage these services,its so unjust when money is wasted elseware.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/06/2007 : 12:05:51
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| Well, yes I expect that extremely urgent cases are looked into first but the rest is done as a first come first served basis. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2007 : 12:12:34
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| Thats what "care in the community" was really all about, hiding poverty, pain and suffering behind closed doors and saving money to boot. |
Edited by - nightbird on 14/06/2007 12:13:15 |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6047 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2007 : 12:32:00
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| You know how it is ... when they cannot cut the cloth according to your needs they cut it according to their wants. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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thedelboy
Discworld
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/06/2007 : 21:28:11
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| cannot have a stairlift due to health and safety!house was converted into flats,council know my predicament but do not give a toss!!I am now trying to get a solicitor to act on my behalf,to force them into some kind of action |
keep on smiling |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6047 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2007 : 21:29:33
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| They'll play it along Thedelboy and still won't do anything till they are good and ready. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
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Vince Meegan
Alagaësía
United Kingdom
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thedelboy
Discworld
United Kingdom
1437 Posts |
Posted - 21/06/2007 : 20:06:34
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| Vince no offence "but are you real?"high stamp duty means that the poorer person would not have the funds to buy"Ok there could be a deal for first time buyers to pay a "lower"stamp duty;that would be a sensible way of ddoing things(sorry if I come accros rude no offence meant) |
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Vince Meegan
Alagaësía
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/06/2007 : 20:54:45
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Well yes, you are right, Delboy, but no policy or solution will please everyone no matter what you do. Any intervention in a free market will be described as unfair and distorting the market, but if we are sincere about addressing the problems of starting on the housing ladder then we have to start someplace.
My three kids have no hope of ever being able to afford a modest home in this city unless they win the lottery or something. There are thousands of parents like us who have kids in their twenties who show no sign of ever moving out. I've tried wrapping their sandwiches in road maps but they don't take the hint.
The intention of the Irish government is to reduce the outlay that a first time buyer would have to find.
It won't reduce the market price of a property or make it more 'affordable' - whatever that means. But it will mean that an investment purchaser would have an additional cost not faced by the first time buyer. Now, this is only a minor step in the right general direction. The only way I can think of giving a first time buyer a realistic chance of competing in the market is by increasing stamp duty multiple times for those not using the property as their main residence. So investors and those buying second homes and holiday residences would have to pay much more to buy a house than a first time buyer would. If the investor has to pay (for example £20,000) more than the market value than a first time buyer has to, he might decide that better investments lie elsewhere. It might also put the cheapest properties out of the reach of many casual 'buy to let' landlords. I would also propose that the multiplication factor diminishes at the higher end of the market.
It is not perfect, but what is? |
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thedelboy
Discworld
United Kingdom
1437 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2007 : 10:41:26
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| I do See your point Vince, |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
Posted - 22/06/2007 : 13:40:11
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Labour have failed dismally again when it come to social housing in Brighton the waiting lists get longer.
In Brighton and Hove the figure has rocketed by 400 per cent since Labour took power in 1997, up from 1,611 households to 8,056, one of the highest rises in the South East,just no future for our youngsters if they stay in Brighton..... |
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A Gold
Alagaësía
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Posted - 22/06/2007 : 15:57:06
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If you're young in Brighton but don’t have a degree or a trade (or a kid) you might as well pack your bags now.
New Labour MPs dont give a stuff about you, they're only interested in the London Champagne Socialist Set and the cheap foreign labour who are moving in by the coach load & forcing you out.
Where are the young protesters of yesteryear? Are they happily sleep-walking into this nightmare scenario or too busy on their Nintendos & MSN or fighting each other in Churchill Square?
Its your future kids, do something about it now.
Get aware ffs |
Boycott Forfars & The Goldstone Retail Park,
GAGGED & BANNED
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long time no see
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/06/2007 : 17:33:26
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Thats because
Stinking New Labour
are Neo Conservatives.
FACT. |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
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Vince Meegan
Alagaësía
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/06/2007 : 09:57:29
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One of the surprising things - to me at any rate - is the detachment from grass roots thinking that seems to affect people once they become MPs or ministers. Perhaps it is the demands of Westminster and the committee systems there, but in conversations with them one would often find they are on a different wavelength, oblivious to the day to day travails and concerns of 'ordinary folk'. One junior transport minister was quite incredulous when I told him of the misery of a four hour traffic jam and poor women having to clamber up a slippery embankment in the pouring rain to find privacy to go to the toilet. It had never occurred to him.
I genuinely believe the upper political classes don't understand how acute the housing problem is. The people at the bottom of the system are the last ones who will write to their MP. At the present time this crisis has only caught the attention of the broadsheets. Once the tabloid pitbulls get their teeth into it we'll see Government and Opposition scuttling around trying to offer their sticking plaster solutions.
There is an item in today's Independent that tries to identify homes that are within the reach of first time buyers.
http://money.independent.co.uk/property/mortgages/article2699103.ece
It clearly identifies the problem of buy to let sapping the available supply.
It is high time the Chancellor (the new one) slapped a massive stamp duty on property which is not for the sole purpose of owner occupation. The same amount to be ring fenced and transferred to local authorities for building new homes.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6047 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2007 : 10:10:36
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| There is no problem with rental ... this whole idea of homeownership being the only way to go is ludicrous. However there is a case to be made for reasonable rents with a decent lease and accountable landlords. |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2007 : 10:48:12
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Originally posted by Miriam Binder
There is no problem with rental ... this whole idea of homeownership being the only way to go is ludicrous. However there is a case to be made for reasonable rents with a decent lease and accountable landlords.
Thats exactly what we want more properties to rent at reasonable prices rather than to buy,renting allows for a more flexible work force and social movements to where the work is.
Not everybody wants a millstone of a morgage around their necks fo 25 years or more......
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Posted - 24/06/2007 : 19:08:10
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Need to vote Labour then.
The peoples party. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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nightbird
Calaspia
603 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2007 : 20:16:43
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Originally posted by Daveb
Need to vote Labour then.
The peoples party.
Far from it, its under Labour the lists have gone out of control.
Labour can't seem to get to grips with any of these national problems, just hope Brown is going to be better...
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Posted - 24/06/2007 : 20:20:46
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| I was being SarCARstic |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Housing shortages