Should British residents be given priority for social housing over new immigrants?
Two questions here.Firstly the priority for social housing should be based on local ties and local residents given precedence.My local council does this and states that only in a most urgent case would immigrants or asylum seekers be housed.But not all councils are the same,A lot of the arguments are political. The sale of council houses under the right to buy scheme since the 1980’s has meant that many thousands of ordinary people who would have spent their whole life as council tenants with nothing to show at the end of it were able to buy their houses at heavily discounted prices.It was marvellous for those who qualified for the maximum discount and could afford to buy.In many cases the mortgage payment was less than the rent,but again the housekolder would be liable for insurance and maintenance.The plan was fine. Many run down estates were transformed when the houses were owned and people took more pride in the area they lived in.Where it fell down was that as council housing stoc
