New rules offer touch of realism - Housing crisis

WHEN some of the reasons given by prospective local authority tenants for rejecting a publicly funded home were published recently, the responses were not always as kind as an exemplary Christian might wish them to be. 

Nevertheless, the publication highlighted a sense of entitlement that seems out of kilter with the real world and the realities facing those who are obliged to provide their own accommodation.

The excuses offered by unimpressed but hopeful tenants ranged from not having enough room in a garden for a trampoline to a concern that a view of the nearby sea might make children seasick. Of course, these are extreme instances, or at least it is hoped that they are, and the great majority of people who depend on this process are realistic.