Cloud cuckoo land

Juan Mourep

Juan Mourep

Vital 1st Team Regular
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/02/boris-johnson-approve-affordable-london-flats-rent?

Boris Johnson is set to approve plans for “affordable” flats that the Guardian understands could cost tenants up to £2,800 a month to rent.

The London mayor is expected to grant consent on Friday for the construction of 98 “affordable rent” apartments on the site of the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in central London in a deal that critics say makes a mockery of the idea that affordable housing is for the most needy.

“Rent on a one-bed council flat close to this development is no more than £175 a week and people struggle with that. The idea you could add another £100 and it still be affordable is ridiculous. It shows Boris Johnson either doesn’t understand social housing in London or doesn’t care. This development is set to deprive Londoners of genuinely affordable housing while benefiting investors in luxury flats and Royal Mail shares.”

Boris the buffoon strikes again.


 
So difficult for these toffs, brought up (through no fault of their own, none of us can help which 'class' we are born into) in total privilidge and opulence to truly understand how it feels to worry how/if you can pay your bills, afford adequate food etc.

It is a massive problem that the system pushes these sorts into politics and into Whitehall. More 'normal' people would be nice.

Personally I think people should have had to have worked in the real world for five, or maybe even ten years before they can become mps.
 
Obviously I've said before on other posts, that this kind of thing really doesn't bother me at all. £2k is affordable for people that live in central London.
 
“Rent on a one-bed council flat close to this development is no more than £175 a week and people struggle with that. The idea you could add another £100 and it still be affordable is ridiculous. It shows Boris Johnson either doesn’t understand social housing in London or doesn’t care. This development is set to deprive Londoners of genuinely affordable housing while benefiting investors in luxury flats and Royal Mail shares.”


Yep. It's so affordable. How could anyone think otherwise!!! :151:
 
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