People who buy their council house

So what are you saying that all people that own council houses have purchased them with there benefits.
They go to work just the same as anybody else and save there money and buy a house in stead of drugs?
Not all people that live on council estates are scum you know.

You can't STILL be blaming Maggie for goodness' sake! It's far more likely that the shortage is due to the vastly increased numbers of people who want council houses in the first place! This is due to increased house prices and more people wanting to live off the hard work of others who pay taxes.

frankiedadgad, it IS margaret thatcher's fault, as she refused to let the councils spend the money raised from the sales on building new houses.

I don't think people should buy their council house. It reduces the stock of rentable homes for poor families.

It works both ways by the way.I bought my council house(not to showoff!)as it seemed a good idea,why keep on paying rising rent when for me it was more economical to pay a mortgage.It was cheaper and at some point it would be mine as I had looked after and improved it at my own expense.My neighbours either side were nice and it was on the whole a good place to live.Overnight almost everything changed my neighbour became abusive,calling me a person with ideas above her station,if renting from the council was good enough for her,than it was good enough for me was her attitude.Nothing had changed only I had gone from rent to mortgage.I put it down to jealousy.I put my car in my drive,not because my tyres were too good to touch council ground but I thought it would help ease the congestion for all residents regardless of who paid rent or mortgage.

It is not the fault of margaret thatcher or council tennants who have purchased their properties under the right to buy scheme that have caused a housing shortage,many people I know purchased a council owned property years before Maggie came along.
The problem is not enough new ones were built from the revenue made on purchase of these houses, where did the money go?
And another point there are hundreds of empty properties the lenth and breadth of this land....Why.

The way I see it is that we all poop the same so who is different from who?

What is a chav, I lived in a council house with my mum, dad and brother so does that make me a chav, if so I would like to know what it is please?

I am one of the many who have bought there own home and to be honest, it was the biggest mistake of my life, while with the Wyre Forest District Council I had no problems, they always looked after you when you had a problem, any plumbing, building or maintenance to the home, they always come to fix it, owning your home is a nightmare, you foot all repairs yourself. I would do anything to go back to to the council, if you are a council tenent, STAY THAT WAY !, they are the best believe me.

I notice that in some parts of Scotland, the right to buy policy has been temporarily stopped due to extreme lack of houses in those areas. If only they'd ban it everywhere in the UK!

Nice one Siobhan Ok have just been over to ireland and have really enjoyed myself .The gas is running out.

Ok ! £85,000 In the bank plus extra's All legal All paid fer All mine.... Well maybe not I suppose I and so many other chavs Will have to bail you lot out again Who borrow well over your limit and can not pay it back.But dont worry the not in debt "chav" will bail you out...Bet that hurt how much do you owe.....OUCH..