Its pretty insane right now. A flat I rented in 2018 is now up for more than twice the rent it was then! I dont understand how new tenants can do it.
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We’re fast turning into a 3rd world country why do all the migrants want to come here? They’d be better stopping in France at least the weather isn’t so shit.
50 hours at £10.42 minimum wage is £27k per year. About £1900 take home per month. Is Glasgow really that bad for rent? I guess you’d be spending a significant % of your income on it.
Rents have been rising fast in Glasgow as elsewhere.
But working 50 hours a week at minimum wage would see you clear £500 a week while there are well over a dozen properties for rent in Glasgow right now advertised on Rightmove in the £400-600 range, never mind if you look further afield than the city itself. These are also mostly properties all to one person (1 beds and studios) rather than a room in a larger property.
25-30% of your monthly salary on rent is a lot, but I wouldn’t call in unaffordable and isn’t worth spending months sofa surfing to avoid – I spent years paying 40-50% in Edinburgh when I rented in the city and had a low income in the 2015-2021 period.
I know it’s difficult but I reckon he could afford at least somewhere to live in Glasgow on 50 hrs minimum wage… e.g. this furnished bedsit in Glasgow, council tax included, £425 pcm :
Minimum wage is £10.42 an hour, he should be making £542 a week or roughly £25k a year. He’ll only pay tax on half of that so should walk away with £1,750 a month after tax.
He’s either terrible with money or just outted his employer as employing people illegally.
“The housing told me that because I don’t have any disabilities, because I am working and because I don’t have a drug habit, they can’t help me”
Our society always prioritising the best elements, if he was just an unemployed drug addict they could help him, but unfortunately he is a worthy person, so fuck him!
Maybe if he weighted 200kgs he could get everything for free, but look at him being healthy and all! Disgusting!
>Despite tests for “priority need” being abolished in 2012, he claims he was told his circumstances would have to change before he was likely to find a home.
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>Daniel said: “The housing told me that because I don’t have any disabilities, because I am working and because I don’t have a drug habit, they can’t help me.
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>”They said I’d be at the bottom of a list and that I’d stay there for a long, long time.”
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>He continued: “The homeless team told me that they could put me into homeless accommodation for £100 a night, which obviously no-one can afford.
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>”They said I could build up a debt. I was thinking it was maybe going to be for a couple of days but they said, no, it could be for up to a year.
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>”How is anybody supposed to mentally go forward paying £100 a night, racking up a future debt, just to get a home with a housing association?”
If this is true, it is the kind of thing that fuels right wing propaganda.£100 a night ? that’s more than a premier inn usually charges, isn’t it ?Build up a debt of 100×365= possibly 36 grand ? and when would they expect that to be paid off ?
50hour week, likely at minimum wages, and unable to afford even a onebedroom flat ?
I don’t think chip shops are known for paying well….
Hi Czech here…..its same here, my parents sold apartment after divorce for about 24 000 euros about 20 years ago….now these apartments cost 240 000 euros while wages barely gone up.
We’ve been headed towards this state of affairs for decades.
Something not right here. At minimum wage on those hours he should be bringing in about £26k. Things are expensive, but not that expensive.
Chip shop hired help is less of a career than supermarket shelf stacker. It’s a student drinking money job. The owners make the money and it’s probably not great either. I’m sure he works hard and I see it’s due to a relationship breakdown.
He needs to go to school or he needs to learn a trade.
The homeless charity saying temporary accommodation is 100 a night just shows that someone is making a lot of money. Landlord Tory B&B owners.
What is needed are thousands of studio and 1 bed council flats barred from right to buy.
26 years ago we sold our 2 bed semi detached starter home for £72k. It was easily affordable on one pretty average salary. Today that same house in the area sells for £425k. There’s no way salaries have increased six fold to keep up with that, no matter how many coffees and avocados someone goes without.
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The SNP recently said there’s no problem because they’re better than the tories.
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/23941952.msps-vote-declaring-housing-emergency-scotland/
Its pretty insane right now. A flat I rented in 2018 is now up for more than twice the rent it was then! I dont understand how new tenants can do it.
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We’re fast turning into a 3rd world country why do all the migrants want to come here? They’d be better stopping in France at least the weather isn’t so shit.
https://domasile.info/en/what-social-rights-do-i-have-as-an-asylum-seeker-in-france/#housing
And yet you are alive
50 hours at £10.42 minimum wage is £27k per year. About £1900 take home per month. Is Glasgow really that bad for rent? I guess you’d be spending a significant % of your income on it.
Rents have been rising fast in Glasgow as elsewhere.
But working 50 hours a week at minimum wage would see you clear £500 a week while there are well over a dozen properties for rent in Glasgow right now advertised on Rightmove in the £400-600 range, never mind if you look further afield than the city itself. These are also mostly properties all to one person (1 beds and studios) rather than a room in a larger property.
25-30% of your monthly salary on rent is a lot, but I wouldn’t call in unaffordable and isn’t worth spending months sofa surfing to avoid – I spent years paying 40-50% in Edinburgh when I rented in the city and had a low income in the 2015-2021 period.
I know it’s difficult but I reckon he could afford at least somewhere to live in Glasgow on 50 hrs minimum wage… e.g. this furnished bedsit in Glasgow, council tax included, £425 pcm :
[https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142854515#/?channel=RES_LET](https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/142854515#/?channel=RES_LET)
Or look into house shares.
Minimum wage is £10.42 an hour, he should be making £542 a week or roughly £25k a year. He’ll only pay tax on half of that so should walk away with £1,750 a month after tax.
He’s either terrible with money or just outted his employer as employing people illegally.
“The housing told me that because I don’t have any disabilities, because I am working and because I don’t have a drug habit, they can’t help me”
Our society always prioritising the best elements, if he was just an unemployed drug addict they could help him, but unfortunately he is a worthy person, so fuck him!
Maybe if he weighted 200kgs he could get everything for free, but look at him being healthy and all! Disgusting!
>Despite tests for “priority need” being abolished in 2012, he claims he was told his circumstances would have to change before he was likely to find a home.
>
>Daniel said: “The housing told me that because I don’t have any disabilities, because I am working and because I don’t have a drug habit, they can’t help me.
>
>”They said I’d be at the bottom of a list and that I’d stay there for a long, long time.”
>
>He continued: “The homeless team told me that they could put me into homeless accommodation for £100 a night, which obviously no-one can afford.
>
>”They said I could build up a debt. I was thinking it was maybe going to be for a couple of days but they said, no, it could be for up to a year.
>
>”How is anybody supposed to mentally go forward paying £100 a night, racking up a future debt, just to get a home with a housing association?”
If this is true, it is the kind of thing that fuels right wing propaganda.£100 a night ? that’s more than a premier inn usually charges, isn’t it ?Build up a debt of 100×365= possibly 36 grand ? and when would they expect that to be paid off ?
50hour week, likely at minimum wages, and unable to afford even a onebedroom flat ?
If it wasn’t for the Broad Shoulders of the Union© he would be in trouble.
I don’t think chip shops are known for paying well….
Hi Czech here…..its same here, my parents sold apartment after divorce for about 24 000 euros about 20 years ago….now these apartments cost 240 000 euros while wages barely gone up.
We’ve been headed towards this state of affairs for decades.
Something not right here. At minimum wage on those hours he should be bringing in about £26k. Things are expensive, but not that expensive.
Chip shop hired help is less of a career than supermarket shelf stacker. It’s a student drinking money job. The owners make the money and it’s probably not great either. I’m sure he works hard and I see it’s due to a relationship breakdown.
He needs to go to school or he needs to learn a trade.
The homeless charity saying temporary accommodation is 100 a night just shows that someone is making a lot of money. Landlord Tory B&B owners.
What is needed are thousands of studio and 1 bed council flats barred from right to buy.
26 years ago we sold our 2 bed semi detached starter home for £72k. It was easily affordable on one pretty average salary. Today that same house in the area sells for £425k. There’s no way salaries have increased six fold to keep up with that, no matter how many coffees and avocados someone goes without.