Hi all i recently signed for priority housing on overcrowding, a man came out last week for me to sign the forms. While here i was asking questions about priority ect. And was told that in a few mnth the rules for overcrowding will be changing and that i fell lucky. Because they are going to class the living room in your home as a bedroom. So as if the process of getting rehomes aint hard enough now people will have this to contend with. I think it is stupid and makes me even wounder if they want to rehome people.

So many people have bought their council houses, depleting the available stock, that they have to eke out the properties that are left somehow!

So many people have bought their council houses, depleting the available stock, that they have to eke out the properties that are left somehow!

Not to mention the ones they've bulldozed and replaced with private houses and flats.:mad:

hi i read the recent threads with interest. My boyfriend recently made redundant and myself working, nearly became homeless quite recently. on one small wage we could not meet the demand of our rent and bills. We had expenditure far outweighing our income. despite my partner having worked and paid tax and national insurance we failed to meet the 'criteria' for housing benefit. I pay nearly £200 myself a month.

After lots of advice, I was warned by a friend working with the homeless, that should we end up in 'homeless accomodation' my wages would be taken as costs are 700-800 per month and again would not meet priority for re-housing.

We looked for property like no tommorow and sold the car and all our assetts to live off. we were lucky and found somewhere. o.k it wasnt exactly what we wanted but we were grateful.
We applied for housing as I have health problems, but did not meet 'priority'.

One thing i discovered and it is legitimate, cant really say how I know, because 'the politically correct mob' will have me banished no doubt. but its obvious to most.

So what was it you may ask? Well! 50% of all housing, council and private is allocated to those from oustside the u.k. asylum seekers and refugees, which in both cases meet priority.

every week sheffield opens its arms to new arrivals, whilst turning its back on those who have lived and worked in sheffield and the u.k their whole lives.

When confronting my M.P of the issues her reply was 'I can understand that you are unhappy at this time, but in line with council and government policy, there is nothing that i can do further to help.

One thing i discovered and it is legitimate, cant really say how I know, because 'the politically correct mob' will have me banished no doubt. but its obvious to most.

So what was it you may ask? Well! 50% of all housing, council and private is allocated to those from oustside the u.k. asylum seekers and refugees, which in both cases meet priority.

every week sheffield opens its arms to new arrivals, whilst turning its back on those who have lived and worked in sheffield and the u.k their whole lives.

This is a myth. This lie has been posted on this forum many times and each time proof has been supplied that this is absolute tosh.

I asked the guy from council about the council houses demolished on bucannen road and near southey green school. I asked him what was happening there cos they been gone for ages and yet nothing seems to be happening to them. He said the guy who enforced the demolition now works for rotherham council. And that there is no fund to do anything with the land. Looks like a lot of council houses that could of been used have gone for no reason and peoples homes.

Not to mention the ones they've bulldozed and replaced with private houses and flats.:mad:

Or replaced by large empty spaces filled with nothing but grass, wildflowers and the occasional brick as is the case in Parson Cross. There was nothing wrong with most of the houses they knocked down and there's no sign of anyone rebuilding.

I asked the guy from council about the council houses demolished on bucannen road and near southey green school. I asked him what was happening there cos they been gone for ages and yet nothing seems to be happening to them. He said the guy who enforced the demolition now works for rotherham council. And that there is no fund to do anything with the land. Looks like a lot of council houses that could of been used have gone for no reason and peoples homes.

I do get tired of these myths. There wasn't a 'guy' who made the decision to demolish these council houses. The decision would have been made by councillors, elected by the people of Sheffield, in conjunction with senior officers responsible for housing.

Have a read of this from the council's minutes in 2005 looking at the then situation and how things had changed http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/council-meetings/cabinet/agendas-2005/agenda-23rd-november-2005/housing-market-strategy

These are two sentences from the minutes that make the situation quite clear:
2.1 In 1998 a supply and demand review of Council housing was undertaken which identified that Sheffield was facing a large oversupply of Council homes. (That meant they had too many)
2.2 In response to these findings, the Council established a stock reduction programme to proactively tackle low and falling demand for its stock and to stave off the abandonment of properties being experienced in other northern cities (Kirklees put on buses for people in London to come and look at their council houses they had so many empty, so it wasn't just in Sheffield)

In the time between 1998 and 2005, house prices rocketed, there had been a new homeless act, and more houses were sold through Right to Buy. So from there being too many council houses, we now have a shortage.

2.1 In 1998 a supply and demand review of Council housing was undertaken which identified that Sheffield was facing a large oversupply of Council homes.

(That meant they had too many. I can remember bunches of keys for houses that no-one wanted, in 2000)

Very few of the houses they demolished in the Buchanan area were empty, many of them had been lived in for years and were looked after by their tenants. Why wipe out an entire neighbourhood because you have empty houses elsewhere?

Very few of the houses they demolished in the Buchanan area were empty, many of them had been lived in for years and were looked after by their tenants. Why wipe out an entire neighbourhood because you have empty houses elsewhere?

Whoever were the local councillors or the cabinet member for housing at the time might know. I can only post what I can find on the council website as I wasn't privy to any decisions!

I've found this: http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-development/housing-regeneration/north-sheffield-regeneration/new-homes

in reply to the person who does not believe that 50% of housing is allocated to asylum seekers then explain why on the back sheet of the housing newspaper, people who have registered a month earlier on the housing list, bid and get a property some in the s6 and 5 area!! i asked the council about this and they were not forthcoming. so i went to one house i had bid for and asked the tenant and they admitted they were seeking asylum. i have done this several times, i hav'nt been rude in fact many of the people i have spoken to are disgusted that people like me have had to go through this.

My situation was not 'bull****' it made myself and my partner very ill, in lots of debt.

i have a social science degree and am aware how society works . I even did a placement working with asylum seekers, i enjoyed it very much. i also got to see how the system works, and whilst everyone should be given equal chances, it should not be at the cost of sheffield residents.