Social Housing Problems
On a regular basis I see threads on here highlighting increased antisocial behaviour by social housing tenants.
It's topical on the news at the moment with lovely new built apartments on the Malahide Road in Dublin where things seem to have gotten to a very bad state.
It seems socially unacceptable to say that there seems to be a huge correlation between anti social behaviour and the number of social housing units in an area or estate or apartment block.
Of course we can't "tar" every individual with the same brush.... but we can talk in general terms, no?
An area of only social housing can lead to slums so mixed living is the way we do things... but that is no comfort to people who bought an apartments and realise that a large percentage of their neighbours are social housed and and a handful are very bad neighbours and the council won't do much about it so their lives can be disrupted for years while trying to sort out this mess.
If I found out that the council bought half the houses in my estate and there were going to be social houses I would put my house up for sale that day.
For people buying apartments or houses how can they find out the number of social houses within their area or apartment block in advance of buying so they can make an informed choice about buying?