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I Wonder If Anyone Else Will Be So Lucky?

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anotheoldgit | 10:33 Sat 21st Mar 2015 | News
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/council-tenant-wins-right-not-to-be-sent-to-milton-keynes-10124344.html

/// She argued that if she were to leave London she would have lost a network of friends that support her when she is unwell with depression, diabetes and high blood pressure. ///

Don't they have a NHS in Milton Keynes?
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What probably sticks in most people's craw about this is that Ms Nzolameso, who appears to have done little or no work in her life and seems unlikely ever to do so, can afford to live in just about the most expensive areas of the country because the taxpayer is picking up the bill for her accommodation. Meantime, a young couple both working hard in decent jobs and...
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I can understand her wanting to be near friends, but we are a friendly lot in Milton Keynes. She was offered a place here, surely that would be better than having her children taken away.

Yes, Milton Keynes does have the NHS and schools.

We invited her in to our country, now she wants to pick and choose where about she lives. She should be grateful to be offered a home.
^^^well said marval
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^^^^ If she was paying then yes but she is not, the tax payers are.
She wasn't 'invited' she claimed asylum, was accepted and housed, made a network of friends, kids go to local school. They aren't pulling the rug from one person, it's 6 people.
Thank you MrsO, we did move from London to MK, but it was our choice.
Naval, ANY British citizen who is evicted for non payment of rent and then offered housing elsewhere would be expected to take it.
I don't see your point
What probably sticks in most people's craw about this is that Ms Nzolameso, who appears to have done little or no work in her life and seems unlikely ever to do so, can afford to live in just about the most expensive areas of the country because the taxpayer is picking up the bill for her accommodation. Meantime, a young couple both working hard in decent jobs and with three children of similar ages would not even come close to being able to do so.

Many people bang on about the need for "equality". So how does this situation demonstrate equality? My fictitious working couple, when faced with increasing rent in the area they live, cannot simply go to their employers and demand extra wages to cover the cost. They have to make decisions about their future and often that involves moving to a less expensive area. For them that will be far more problematic than it is for Ms Nzolameso because they will have to incorporate either a job change or change of travelling habits to get to work.

“She didn't do anything wrong to lose her tenancy in Westminster…”

No, her mistakes began long before that. She should not have become pregnant three times when she clearly did not have the means to support even one child, let alone more. I’d love to have the tenancy of an agreeable flat in the centre of London (especially if someone else was paying my rent). I cannot afford to and I don’t see any reason why I should contribute towards enabling Ms Nzolameso to do so. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that property in London (and most other leading cities) is very expensive and those who live there – whether doing so at their own or other people’s expense – must be prepared to move out when they (or the taxpayer) can no longer afford to fund their property.
Well said N J.
Very well said NewJudge


psssst, be very careful when using your computer for personal use in your lunch break
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whiskeryron

/// The solution is quite simple, start lowering the rents on these properties. ///

A very large proportion of these properties belong to (dare I say it) foregign landlords how do you propose they get get to lower their rents?

/// Peter Young, the Kensington-based managing director of estate agent John D Wood & Co, told the Guardian the boom in international buyers meant London was effectively becoming a 'land bank'. ///

/// He said: 'Would you put your money into the euro or sterling if you were a Russian? ///

/// 'Do you trust Spain, France of Portugal for laws on property, tax, the government and economic stability more than Britain?' ///


Only ever use company kit for "essential research" Mrs O. :-)
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naval

/// would you care to show me where I have attacked you? ///

Well for starters here are a few.

/// You have skirted around the real issue here but don't have the kahounas to actually say it. ///

/// Do you really believe your own spin? ///

/// You really do have a persecution complex don't you? ///

Any more you would rudely care to come up with?
///Ms Nzolameso applied for cheaper housing in November 2012 and was offered the alternative accommodation out of the borough in Milton Keynes. After she turned it down, the council said it no longer had a duty to find her a home.///

I think it's probably unfair, if not unexpected, to lay the blame solely at her (high cost to the taxpayer) front door. She tried to mitigate her housing costs but after a cursory offer of housing in MK, Westminster Council effectively washed its' hand of her.
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Baldric

/// She separated from her children’s father in 2007 but they still have contact with him, although this too would be harder if they moved to Milton Keynes ///

Yes it seems it is more financially wise, as regards claiming benefits if couples separate, but please forgive me for possessing such a suspicious mind.

On the other hand he could have helped her, if he had claimed to the ECHR, his right to a family life .
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ummmm

/// They aren't pulling the rug from one person, it's 6 people. ///

Lucky she has a rug, in my day it was Lino.
AOG - lino?

You were lucky! In my day we had bare floorboards with every other one missing at we were short of firewood!

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