Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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or a route 15 bus to canterbury.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Keith I am talking about attracting people to Dover who work in London.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I can't believe you said that Keith.
No one was talking about High-speed trains between Dover and Canterbury but between Canterbury and London.
Roger
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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ok mr meldrew
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I pasted here an extract from the article in post 1.
"The result, according to housing experts, is that the private sector is becoming increasingly unaffordable for local authorities, resulting in a ripple effect as homeless people and those on benefits are rehoused in areas where rents are cheaper."
My impression is that the point has been totally missed on this thread.
If there are cheaper rented accommodations going in Dover in respect to London, then we might see an influx of people who are homeless and on benefits.
Of-course this will mean they'll be signing on in Dover if they're on JSA.
That would have an impact on the local employment market, with more people competing for the vacant jobs.
It's clear to see that Dover District Council is not prepared for the event, and we are just talking around it.
I would have expected DDC to prepare a letter to the competent ministries in London explaining Dover's dire unemployment situation and asking that Dover be excluded from this project of rehousing unemployed people.
This whole topic has nothing to do with attracting high earners to Dover, which would have required a separate thread.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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alex
the whole point of the article and thread is that we have low rent flats and houses which will attract london councils in placing their tenants here.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Then it seems the local Labour party is right, that there is no intention to help young people find work on the part of the authorities that be (in power). Apart from attracting high earners from London to Dover.
But good news came from Nick Clegg today, who stated that a significant sum of money shall be invested in 16-17 year old people without work and who have left school.
Let's hope Nick Clegg comes to Dover and helps out here.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Is he going to spend the money to send them to sweep woods ?
Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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doubt it, tree planting in hull is a possibility though.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I didn't right Hull, Howard, but the Pennines, but never mind!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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lighten up alex we are only pulling your leg, although hull city centre may look better once the london unemployed have planted trees there.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I was becoming worried!
But seriously speaking, Hull is a windy place, not protected like London. Dover is warm and temperate
Now where do you think, Howard, these unemployed Londoners will prefer to go to enjoy their dole and free-housing?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i bet they are loading up their extra strength lager as we speak alex.
john will do his greeting bit when they arrive later at dover priory station.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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alex,faroe islands,tree planting and sheep breadig seems logical.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Brian, the Faroe Islands are Danish. How's about Greenland?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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So is Greenland - Danish.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I think this council like others went through the process of selling of council homes whilst not replacing them which caused a problem in itself.
so the sales slowed to a trickle once the best ones had been sold.
We then had a lot of landlords ripping off the council(as barryw would say it's legal)
charging big rents, and you and I subsidised many of them.
there are without doubt some good landlords in dover district, but there are also bad landlords out to make as dosh as they can, whilst providing a poor service.
Will the latest moves make any real difference? of course cheapest rents will be looked for and if that's dover then we will get th overflow
but it's no different to childrens services that used the county to house children
waiting to be placed in homes
a lot of these children were sent from london boroughs
i don't have a problem with this.
I think dover has a lot to think about if it wants a bright future, and this is just one issue that may affect its future.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Your last sentence is very important and true Keith: "I think dover has a lot to think about if it wants a bright future, and this is just one issue that may affect its future".
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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ROGER
I hope its all true
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