Enfield housing experiment

[s1962a]

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/01/enfi...

[s1962a]

I had to move out to a another area as I couldn't afford to buy where I grew up. Just because you live in an area and your kids go to school there doesn't mean that society owes you a new place in the exact same area. I am sure the amount of rent the homeless people could afford could get them quite a nice place in towns other than London.

[s1962a]

menousername said:

s1962a said:

I had to move out to a another area as I couldn't afford to buy where I grew up. Just because you live in an area and your kids go to school there doesn't mean that society owes you a new place in the exact same area. I am sure the amount of rent the homeless people could afford could get them quite a nice place in towns other than London.

with respect, its not that simple

Why is it not that simple? I appreciate people have friends/families/schools in local areas, but if they really cannot afford to live in that area, even with the benefits the govt provides, then surely they need to move to an area they can afford?

[s1962a]

Social housing does have a point, and in a civilised society that we live in, we can't have people living on the streets.

But the question is, why does the social housing have to be in the same area the person is asking for? Why can't we give them a suitable place elsewhere in the country and let them live there? Or is it that a right to social housing also includes a right to live where you want?