tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post6005278460569143625..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Who are the benefit scroungers who rip off Housing Benefit?Alwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-24371840752266910452010-07-17T20:11:54.073+01:002010-07-17T20:11:54.073+01:00High rents nothing to do with high levels of immig...High rents nothing to do with high levels of immigration then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-59518745490792967092010-07-04T23:33:38.199+01:002010-07-04T23:33:38.199+01:00The buy-to-let brigade have helped spiral up house...The buy-to-let brigade have helped spiral up house prices and rental prices over the past decade. A tax on their earnings - for using a home as a business - would recoup some profits and might also help to depress private rental costs.<br /> As you say, many ex-council houses are now rented out so you can see a council house rented for £280 a month next to a private rented house for £450 a month.Plaid Whitegatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757898330400853732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-24627361611684558022010-07-04T09:54:36.469+01:002010-07-04T09:54:36.469+01:00Interesting, some years ago I was renting a flat i...Interesting, some years ago I was renting a flat in Butetown, my rent was £275 a month, but the council would only pay £250 a month - claiming that £250 a month was a reasonable maximum for my area. Now at the time Butetown consisted of a large tranch of council and housing association property, maximum rent around £200 per month for a one bedroom unfurnished flat. The private rental sector Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.com