Why Do The Dregs Of Society Get Preferential Treatment?

[dave50]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860748/Army-veteran-left-homeless-council-officials-did-not-make-housing-list-priority-not-drunk-drug-addict.html
Anyone who has done the right thing gets nothing. It's disgusting.

[chaptazbru2]

Appalling. I'd rather have him next door to me than a druggie or an alcoholic !

[ludwig]

Because it's the squeaky wheels that get the oil.

[jackthehat]

He left the Army 14 years ago and has been working as a Kitchen-fitter since that time...

Although, I agree, that it would have been difficult for the Daily Mail to generate such outrage with the headline "Kitchen-fitter left homeless after council officials did not make him a housing list priority".

[sandyRoe]

Do councils do much to help single men? They might offer a place on a waiting list and provide a list of hostels in the area.

[janbee]

Like so many urban areas, we have our fair share of homeless people and so many of them are ex army. It is shameful the way we treat our ex forces. Shame on the government, shame on society. I never give money to any homeless person but I will always take them in to a local cafe and make sure they get a big hot meal and lots of tea/coffee etc. I know it's not much. I wish I could give them all homes. The local councils would rather look after druggie scum than our own brave lads.

[TWR]

Just about right for the UK

[ToraToraTora]

it is a topsy turvey world, if you work hard and provide for yourself the state will give you bu66er all. if you are WSS and contribute nothing you get it all on a plate.

[steg]

Surely if you "done the right thing" then you wouldn't need anything?

[TWR]

We have them in our Town TTT, you can set your Clock to the Opening times of the Working Men's Club ( That a laugh ) to see the same crowd going up for their Liquid breakfast day after day, who's got it wrong?

[ToraToraTora]

yes steg till you have to sell your house for care fees when WSS get it for nowt!

[steg]

If you have to sell your house then you haven't "done the right thing" ?

[ToraToraTora]

ok so anyone who hasn't amassed enough money to not have to sell their house has failed, right oh! WAP!

[steg]

You are the only one who's mentiond failed
What does "WAP" mean please

[Retrochic]

Tora could you decode your replies please? WSS? WAP?

[Old_Geezer]

One can "do the right thing" all ther life and still fall on hard times. Life's like that.

I suspect the drunk drug addicts are seen as a problem which the council has to solve. Whereas homeless non-problematic individuals are not uncommon, an issue that may never be fully solved (especially if governments make no attempt to reduce rather than increase the population) and so those in that group can join the queue.

Councils do make priorities and sometimes this seems reasonable, for some folk are more vulnerable than others, but their present system does seem to fail those who don't fit into a special priority group. I don't have personal experience to speak with authority but as a citizen it does seem we get neglected cases arise.

I think the issue where anyone who has done the right thing gets nothing is extending the subject area though. For sure there is little enough being offered for those who pay in to the public kitties all their life, but I think that a different thread.

[ChillDoubt]

And people wonder why I'm going to be voting UKIP.....

http://www.ukip.org/policies_for_people

From link:

– UKIP will change the points system for social housing to give priority to ex-service men and women and those returning from active service.

[Old_Geezer]

Urban dictionary
with a passion ? (not wireless application protocol after all then)

[Retrochic]

Chilldoubt -be careful now -don't go posting sensible things about UKIP -remember they have no manifesto and are totally racist and if you vote for them you are wasting your vote ;-)

[Old_Geezer]

I'm unsure that just because your job was soldiering than you should have priority over other occupations such as mining or construction.

Service personnel ought not be neglected but not put ahead of the rest of us either.

[sandyRoe]

I believe waiting lists for council properties are very long. Even if an ex-serviceman was at the top of a list he could still have a long wait before being offered a tenancy.