Fast breeder to go ECO

[d000hg]

I like the Darwin Award attempt of hanging a clothes line above the trampoline.

[Mich the Tester]

oh and no I would not...

Mich would though...

Bugger off I wouldn't. Anyway, after 11 kids it'd be like trying to shag the Mersey Tunnel.

[original PM]

indeed I will lend you a plank....

[SimonMac]

Yeah. Though what I don't get is why they don't move out the three over-18s. Would solve the overcrowding, and probably mean they remaining ones would fit back into just one of their existing two houses.

And each one of them would want a house and benefits of their own?!

[formant]

And each one of them would want a house and benefits of their own?!

Well, they're probably already receiving their own benefits (at least income based JSA, I'd guess).

Thing is - they'll get that house built, moving expenses paid, and within no time a few of the older kids will move out anyway (particularly those kids of their own), making the rest of the family ineligible for their massive new house.

Would make more sense if the kids were all minors.

Doubt there is something like a 'good' solution to this sort of thing though.

[sasguru]

Doubt there is something like a 'good' solution to this sort of thing though.

Yes there is. Tougher benefit laws.
If you're not working you should expect some hardship, like overcrowding, particularly if you've chosen to have so many children.
And looking at the garden, it seems some of the squalor is self-created.
I feel sorry for their new neighbours, who presumably will have paid for their houses.

[formant]

Yes there is. Tougher benefit laws.

It's more of a child welfare than a benefit issue. The former tends to override what would be sensible in terms of the latter. :-/

[d000hg]

Yes there is. Tougher benefit laws.
If you're not working you should expect some hardship, like overcrowding, particularly if you've chosen to have so many children.

It's going to be 12+ people in a 5-bed house. Not a 12-bedroom mansion with ensuite on every room. Seems a fairly efficient way for the council to cram them in!

And looking at the garden, it seems some of the squalor is self-created.
I feel sorry for their new neighbours, who presumably will have paid for their houses.

Who says their current neighbours didn't buy their homes too? The fact this is a new-build seems irrelevant to me, it's not like new houses are more valuable than old ones. Presumably all that eco crap will, with so many people, end up saving money down the line from our pockets?

The underlying problem is real of course, but building a new house to cram them all into seems reasonable if they have to be housed in the first place... ultimately it's creating more housing.

[vetran]

key point was her attitude that she could refuse. Its not dissimilar to a comment by one of the wife's acquaintances (an underachiever who only has 5 kids by different dads), she refused a house because it hadn't been redecorated throughout.

It's the sense of entitlement.

[The Spartan]

key point was her attitude that she could refuse. Its not dissimilar to a comment by one of the wife's acquaintances (an underachiever who only has 5 kids by different dads), she refused a house because it hadn't been redecorated throughout.

It's the sense of entitlement.

And some people tend to think immigrants are a problem