BLATANT GOVERNMENT LIES REGARDING HOUSING LAW EXPOSED.

TORY ASSURANCES ABOUT PROTECTING SOCIAL HOUSING TENANTS EXPOSED AS A PACK OF LIES, THROUGH THEIR OWN PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND PLEDGES.
Some months ago the Condems then shadow housing minister was quoted saying what at first sounded like sound advice, advice that was given out in a published document that claimed that once in power, the Tories would get serious about tackling the acute housing shortage (Guardian 29.10.09).
This was of course at a time when the Tories were in opposition.
Ironically, when you read the documents wording about how they will "...Scrap targets, abolish most regional quangos and allow local communities the freedom to build again..Because the Regional Spatial Strategies are bogged down by legal disputes, there is evidence that they are actually preventing homes from being built right now".  "Yeah!" You think, "yeah, free the way forward to allow more home building, well done!"
What isnt mentioned though, are what the misleading phrases 'legal disputes' and 'spacial strategy' really mean.
The 'legal disputes' mentioned actually refers to existing tenants who are protesting against eviction and defending their homes from demolition, demolition that is carried out to make way for new non 'social' housing (apart from building the bare legal requirements necessary of course) that will be put out for sale on the open market once built, instead of retaining their current status as social homes.
The other phrase, the so-called 'spacial strategy' spoken of, largly means the destruction of current housing stock to make way for new builds in their place, ones that will not be re-let to homeless families and so on, as the unfortunate residents of Wornington road Estate recently discovered to their evicted dismay.
Even though in many cases the homes due for demolition are sound buildings of a relatively young age (younger in some cases by a hundred years more than most of the areas housing).
As the newly built houses go for sale on the open market at premium prices, the once happy tenents will be moved to wherever a home becomes avalaible -and that means anywhere. Any right to stay in the area of birth, roots, friends, job, community and family will not exist anymore, destroying in some cases, communities that have existed for decades.
Yet less than 18 months ago, with the Election looming the Tories released a document entitled 'Labours scare stories'. In it they claimed that Labour were wrong to accuse them of wanting to change the social housing laws.
In the document they claimed that they, (the) "Conservatives will protect social tenents rights and rents" and that "there are no such policies on raising rents or cutting security of tenure".
Their then shadow Tory spokesman said that "now it's election time Labour politicians need their votes, so their only resort is to frighten social tenants with lies. Labours smears are disgraceful, untrue and the lowest form of gutter politics, which will just undermine trust in politics further". Yes, we can see that, they're doing it very well, and the Elections being just over as well. It hasnt taken them long to learn.
The 'shadow' is now the minister who is following Camerons agenda and has been a very busy bee, busy dismantling social tenents fundamental rights to a roof over their heads and murderously butchering Tenants security of tenure.
The less than subtle social engeneering aspect of these new housing rules haven't gone unnoticed either by many, the need for people to now justify their presence in their own homes will undoubtedly occur in areas that will, or have newly become 'fashionable' and/or desirable, areas like ours for example (the PM and some of his ministers had been, or are still living in this area for some time now).
Once the 'undesirable' tenent or tenents have been evicted and new houses have been built in their place, the new houses and old flats will then be sold on the open market rather than put back into the existing housing stock for those on waiting lists, a practice that social landlords have been actively and openly engaged in for some time now.
All in all, I can easily envision that this new set of changes will eventually put in motion a chain of events that will make Shirley Porters Westminster 'Gerrymandering' shenanigans of the 1980's look like a tame local county council town planning meeting.
Its so devisive how could it not?
I foresee trouble ahead.