So just to get this straight...

In a Standee world there are two types of rental property, the private landlord/letting agency type rent where the market sets the rates and the landlord charges as much as he/she feels they can get away with.

And the "social" level of rental housing which is purely for short term emergency housing and subject to review and withdrawal at any regular interval if the operating authority feel that the tenant is no longer in dire need.

Council and housing association accommodation presumably fall into category two ?

And it is still possible for tenants in category one to receive housing benefits to cover all or most of their private landlord rents ?

Not on this thread I didn't?

Grow up - you are like a little kid up sides with the majority rather than fight his own battles - you jump on everyone else's points when you think they have one up on someone - grow some balls!!

If it isn't trickle down economics what is it?

They cannot reduce the price and make a profit - simple economics really - do you think they should sell them at a loss - seriously, BMW would sell thousands more cars if they sold them at the same price as a smart car but they would be bankrupt!!

I have posted on the other thread just for you!!

On which thread have you answered with the evidence?

We are, in general, worse off than we were 30 years ago.

That is a fact, pretty universally acknowledged.



A one-bed flat for over a quarter of a million is a wonderfully sensible price, and any mortgage on it for anyone on less than £83,000 recurring per annum is on a sensible and sane mortgage.

I look forward to your calls for street sweepers and cleaners to be on that sort of a wage.



I don't know whether it would be the [ibest[/i, but it would be good. At present, we're subsidising a lack of genuinely affordable housing – huge amounts of benefits and failing local economies. So even if it wouldn't be quite the very best, it would be good.




Incidentally: thank you for making some effort to respond properly. Thats why you are in no danger of being bounced off for being a troll.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't answer a number if outstanding questions, though.

Quote: Mintball "He did? Oh yes. He made things up and attempted to wriggle out of it and then disappeared. A regular tactic. viewtopic.php?f=17&t=560502&tsmp=1386026486&start=130 It's all funny, but page 14 onwards is particularly amusing.

Quote: Mintball "He did? Oh yes. He made things up and attempted to wriggle out of it and then disappeared. A regular tactic. viewtopic.php?f=17&t=560502&tsmp=1386026486&start=130 It's all funny, but page 14 onwards is particularly amusing.

A Smart car?

Would that be the same Smart car produced by those well-known manufacturers of old bangers, Daimler AG?

If you insist on introducing analogies, at least choose them with a little more thought

On the: "they cannot reduce the price and make a profit - simple economics really", when was the last time you read such utter cobblers?

Illustration.

I make something and the cost of making it, including labour, is £10. I sell it for £20. That's a £10 (100%) profit.

I cut the price to £15. I am still making a profit – £5/50%. "Simple economics", you might have thought.

No, it is a 100% markup but it is 50% profit as the cost of production was £10, the only time you can get 100% profit on and item is when you get it free and sell it.

Quote: cod'ead "We've got answers but first we'd like you to answer some from the last couple of days. Gidiot is borrowing extra hundreds of £millions just to pay benefits, we borrowed £1.5tn to bail out the banks. There is ample scope to fund a massive house-building programme, the same as there was in the 1950s & 60s when this country was in an even worse financial state than it is now. The only thing missing is political will'" Good news ey Cod'ead?! news.sky.com/story/1177107/house ... r-a-decade

Quote: cod'ead "We've got answers but first we'd like you to answer some from the last couple of days. Gidiot is borrowing extra hundreds of £millions just to pay benefits, we borrowed £1.5tn to bail out the banks. There is ample scope to fund a massive house-building programme, the same as there was in the 1950s & 60s when this country was in an even worse financial state than it is now. The only thing missing is political will'" Good news ey Cod'ead?! news.sky.com/story/1177107/house ... r-a-decade