[matt-p]

As someone who has lived in a 'mixed block' in zone 1, I think it's delusional to characterise social housing tenants as 'teachers and nurses'. I suspect most teachers and nurses are already in private sector housing in London.

I think it could be OK to sell all social hosing in Zone 1/2 and use that money to pay higher wages for teachers and nurses plus state built replacement social housing in zone 4-6. There's probably some other space in the welfare system, look at the motability scandal or the increase in PIP claims.

[pjc50]

Social housing is the council budget - I was referring to Housing Benefit.

[arethuza]

A lot of social housing in the UK (about 45%) isn't owned by councils so can't really be sold off by the state?

[matt-p]

That's fine that should stay as social housing then. It's probably even better this way as it's still possible to place people who for example absolutely have to be in kensington or islington there.

[chadgpt3]

What would happen to the people who live in the houses?

[matt-p]

I assume you would build the new social hosing, move folks over then you'll be able to sell the zone 1 houses they came out of and so on and so forth.