Dave's latest u-turn.
Discussion
Derek Smith said:
My daughter is a midwife. She can't afford housing in London. She can't afford to commute. She has subsidised housing but it is shared.
She likes working in London but will look for work elsewhere in the summer. She's thinking of going to Hong Kong for a couple of years, saving up whilst out there due to the cheap housing and high wages.
A considerable number of midwives would like to move out into their own accommodation but are unable to if they remain working in or around London.
Want to be nursed, have your bins emptied, your fires put out and your babies born in low risk conditions? Then you will have to pay.
And your point is?She likes working in London but will look for work elsewhere in the summer. She's thinking of going to Hong Kong for a couple of years, saving up whilst out there due to the cheap housing and high wages.
A considerable number of midwives would like to move out into their own accommodation but are unable to if they remain working in or around London.
Want to be nursed, have your bins emptied, your fires put out and your babies born in low risk conditions? Then you will have to pay.
If it wasn't fincially viable to let your house in central london to a doley do you think this might drive rental costs down or up?
Derek Smith said:
Want to be nursed, have your bins emptied, your fires put out and your babies born in low risk conditions? Then you will have to pay.
what is your point? one of the main reasons low income workers can't afford central london housing is that they are competing for rentals with the local authority on behalf of the benefits crowd. a few months back a friend of mine was unable to renew his crappy rental in elly and castle when the council came in a paid 500 a month more than him! rental yields go up, house prices go up, the poorer private sector is priced out. this is an absurd situation. if you're not working you dont need to live in central london (indeed quite why anyone would want to escapes me). a cap on housing benefits will make rents more affordable for low income workers.The problem boils down to that the rent support needs to be there to help workers who have lost their jobs until they find another one.
To be used as a crutch, just like one uses a crutch to support you when you've broken your leg.
However when the leg gets better people throw that crutch away or give it back to the NHS.
The problem is that there are people who keep the welfare version of the crutch and never throw it away, either because they don't want to, or are trapped in a situation where the system means they can't get earn enough to allow them to throw it away.
Back to rent control?
To be used as a crutch, just like one uses a crutch to support you when you've broken your leg.
However when the leg gets better people throw that crutch away or give it back to the NHS.
The problem is that there are people who keep the welfare version of the crutch and never throw it away, either because they don't want to, or are trapped in a situation where the system means they can't get earn enough to allow them to throw it away.
Back to rent control?
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