Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 04:15:09 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Brits Told Their Homes Will Be Compulsorily Sold to Be Given to Immigrants Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <6cGcnUc5J-09gZP7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 66 Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 09:15:10 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3078 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c35784921edf08$135545$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3485 On 4/4/24 8:13 AM, FPP wrote: > On 4/3/24 11:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> Home owners in the UK have been told that "compulsory selling of home" >> will be >> enforced to house illegal migrants. >> >> Elderly people are being told their houses are too big for them and >> they need >> to sell so that illegal aliens can live in their homes. >> >> >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1775224035279802368/vid/avc1/490x270/z7Atz3AJSQYfSCRR.mp4?tag=14 >> >> >> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13079637/Our-council-tried-force-sell-200-000-home-make-room-asylum-seekers-Elderly-couples-horror-strongly-worded-letter-lands-doorstep.html >> >> An elderly couple who had just moved into their £200,000 house were >> horrified >> to receive a letter from their council suggesting the property could be >> subject to compulsory purchase and used to house asylum seekers. >> >> Jose and Ted Saunders said they were 'insulted and shocked' when the >> strongly-worded letter from North Northamptonshire Council-- which has >> never >> balanced its own books-- dropped on their mat last month. >> >> It said their neat mid-terraced house in Rushden, near Wellingborough, >> was >> deemed to be an empty property, or was 'derelict' and the council >> could even >> force them to sell it. >> >> 'I couldn't believe it,' said retired carer Jose, 76. 'We moved to >> Rushden to >> help provide childcare for my grand-daughter and found this nice >> little place >> to live. The idea of forcing us to sell it to make room for refugees and >> asylum seekers seems totally wrong.' >> >> > > Looks like they just made a mistake and thought the property was empty. > >> The letter, headed 'Empty Properties and sites initiative' had their >> exact address in bold and stated: 'We are writing as we have reason to >> believe that the above-named premises… is empty or unused. >> >> 'The Government has identified empty privately-owned properties as a >> potential cause of blight within communities, and as a wasted resource >> at time of high housing need.' > > So why are you so outraged?  And why did you not mention this part? He may have had another accident with the zipper on his pants. > >> Three days later they received an apology, saying their staff had >> mistakenly ear-marked the house for possible compulsory purchase, but >> the Saunders were still baffled by the policy itself. > > > >