http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10901431
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| Quote: David Cameron's plans to end council housing "for life" could act as a disincentive for tenants to get better-paid work, a Tory backbencher has said. The PM has suggested tenants in England should get fixed-term contracts and be moved on if their finances improve. But Nadine Dorries, Mid-Bedfordshire MP, said she did not believe it would help social housing shortages. Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes has already said his party is against the idea, which is not coalition policy. Mr Cameron had suggested greater flexibility was required within the social housing system, allowing tenants to move to find work. He said homes should be allocated according to need in future, with people moving into private sector accommodation when their circumstances improved rather than being allowed to remain in a home for life and even - in some cases - pass it to their children. | |
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It looks like Cameron has been shooting his mouth off with out thinking. This idea will have no impact. The majority of these people are on minimum wage jobs or close and so would automatically qualify for an extension to their tenancy anyway. And considering social mobility os so poor why not have them leave them to their kids, it is not as if they will have much else to leave them. If they want greater labour mobility then build more council houses in the south east, where the jobs are then they can move to work. It clearly shows that all he wants to do is destroy the welfare system and use the financial crisis as an excuse to do so.
