This week the local press reports a family of seven, currently living in a three bedroomed house, who have been refused a four bedroomed house by the Council on the grounds that it is not big enough for their family. Apparently they have done an assessment of the house and decided that it would be best for the house if it was occupied by a family of six.
Well excuse me, but since when did what is best for the house have anything to do with it. I thought the purpose of a Local Authority was to do what was best for the residents in their area. I accept that this family may still be technically overcrowded if they took this house but, in anyones eyes, four bedrooms is better than three. So, unless the Council have a five bedroomed house to offer this family, their argument is a bit insensitive.
I accept that there are other families on the waiting list who may have a greater claim, but the question to ask should be "which family would benefit most from occupying this house" rather than "which family best fits the house".
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