More of Croydon's homeless to be asked to leave the borough

“Ivor_Shed - When I was made homeless, when pregnant with my first child, in 2004, I was automatically placed in a B&B! It is not nice living in one! It was loud and crowded and problematic. On the night I was rushed to hospital with stomach pains, another resident threw themselves out of a first floor window after arguing with his girlfriend. Not the sort of place I would recommend to anyone to live in, especially as they can throw you back out on to the street if they think it is your own fault for being made homeless, even if it isn't!”

“Well these families who are homeless need to look at themselves, popping out kids instead of going to work like the honest people who support them.

We should be asking ourselves what do they bring to the local area?
Economically - NOTHING, they only take - no taxes paid, only benefits received including housing, child benefits, job seekers, (basically anything under the sun they can get their hands on for free!)
Socially - their kids are out of control and roam around the streets pestering innocent people and getting themselves 'ASBO's. The parents aren't bothered about the kids anyway.

Let them be sent away, we are full up, we don't want to pay for them any longer and we certainly don't need these types of people here.”

“Think all those builders, plumbers, electricians etc would only be too pleased to work on re-developing, but surely on a proper wage rather then just to earn their benefits - it's real work after all. That's not really about Human Rights (a term often bandied around very loosely with negative conotations), more about paying a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. The fact that we are in a recession doesn't mean that we should take advantage of people.

Regarding high earners buying flats at a knock down price, I remember people that I knew in the 80s doing this. Not much we can do about that now, unfortunately, but maybe we should make greater efforts as a society to do something about empty properties just sitting there doing nothing and ensuring that stock is not under-occupied (eg one tenant in a three bedroom property).”

“perhaps if all the unemployed builders. electricians, plumbers, plasterers and carpenters did some work to earn their benefits we could reinstate, refurbish, renovate or rebuild a few new 'council houses'?

or is that against their human rights?

I can remember many years ago a high earner who was sold a council flat for next to nothing providing he renovated it and lived in it for a minimum period. Now it is his second home”

“If the money received by the sale of council homes had been spent on building more homes there would be more of a chance of those who really need help with housing getting it but some woman wouldn't allow councils to do that.”

“in_Despair_01 hits the nail on the head: a system has developed which is "worked" by those in the know, and which is going to have to be broken.

Purleymag's idea would make total sense too, if it weren't for the risk that all the affordable properties would be bought by buy-to-let landlords and the rents they charged would not be affordable. It might be better if the Council condemned and took over some of these poorly managed and over-priced flats, and if the Banks stopped providing buy-to-let loans and instead got the lower end of the property market moving into the hands of young home-makers.”

“Here's a novel idea - build more affordable properties, help the economy as a result and provide a longer-term solution to this problem! Oh and Dudley Mead's probably smiling because most of the people he wants to move out probably aren't his core voters.”

“Title " More of Croydon's homeless to be asked to leave the borough"

And the photo shows Cllr Dudley Mead with a big smile on his face!

:S”

“I think some of the comments on here are perfectly acceptable suggestions to an overwelming problem. Firstly:
House Local People in Local property
'persuade' people to downsize (especially older peopl whose children have moved)
Finally, I would personally say do not give council housing to anyone under the age of 21! (except for extreme circumstances) It would cetainly stop teenage pregnancy which would save housing as recently another article on here stated that the most used excuse for housing is that a parent had 'thrown' the child out. It would also mean people would either have to live at home or go and get a job to move out into Private rental accomodation.”

“also anyone who has lived in a croydon hotel in the last few years can tell they are used by the bed and breakfast trade as they are dowdy and down at heel jackhall1 turkey”