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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhy? Do YOU have a secret history working with socially deprived people and low-income housing you'd like to share with us?
Because my church is involved in several such projects and I know people on the "front lines" so to speak as well as a few of the people they've helped turn their lives around. So I've seen how they work with people, heard about the challenges a soft southern middle-class person faces trying to impose discipline on a group of rough uneducated northerners who view flitting in and out of prison as quite normal, etc.
And since you ask I have been renting out my house in a deprived, low-income area for about 8 years, after we lived there a few years ourselves and saw for ourselves what it was like. So yes.
Some people are just horrible and I admire your commitment but honestly I'm cynical.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostNLYUK's staff don't get any employment benefits.
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Originally posted by vetran View Postbeen a landlord long?
Because my church is involved in several such projects and I know people on the "front lines" so to speak as well as a few of the people they've helped turn their lives around. So I've seen how they work with people, heard about the challenges a soft southern middle-class person faces trying to impose discipline on a group of rough uneducated northerners who view flitting in and out of prison as quite normal, etc.
And since you ask I have been renting out my house in a deprived, low-income area for about 8 years, after we lived there a few years ourselves and saw for ourselves what it was like. So yes.
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Originally posted by vetran View Postnope read the post
we all know you want to exploit some asylum seeker rather than training up a local , "may your morals be overridden by greed" not sure where that was on the stone tablet...
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIf you treat people like crap they'll probably meet your expectations. It's a bit of a vicious circle with landlords in deprived areas... they treat the tenants like scum because they can't be trusted; the tenants then act badly and treat the house badly, reinforcing the landlord's views and so on and so on. Breaking such a chain involves risk and probably cost which means people rarely try.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMaybe they've already got to know the people they're housing? We have an asylum seeker staying with us. We'd known him for a year before inviting him. I'm hoping his application is granted as I'd like to take him on as a permie and makes some money out of him.
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Originally posted by jbond007 View PostThis just isn't going to end well.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostMaybe they've already got to know the people they're housing? We have an asylum seeker staying with us. We'd known him for a year before inviting him. I'm hoping his application is granted as I'd like to take him on as a permie and makes some money out of him.
The husband and wife asked charity Hope Projects to find them some tenants
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Moody Mod strikes again.
OK I can only post about cars, watches or attacking another poster.
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Maybe they've already got to know the people they're housing? We have an asylum seeker staying with us. We'd known him for a year before inviting him. I'm hoping his application is granted as I'd like to take him on as a permie and makes some money out of him.
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You might house people you already know. It mentions they're Christians so their church might have a program helping such people, which can funnel candidates their way.
Or they might not care about vetting that much, and take the view that if their house gets trashed, that's a risk they're willing to take.
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This just isn't going to end well. The charity workers themselves are going to need charity to help them
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Originally posted by vetran View PostCharity workers who used life savings to buy first home to house asylum seekers | Daily Mail Online
Whilst I'm impressed that they care that much, lets hope it turns out OK. I fear it will turn to Tulip.
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