Alder King evict 40 tenants in Exeter

[Bitter&Twisted]

The Official Receiver's role is to protect the creditors and maximise the potential value of the assets they hold on their behalf. Property has always been more important that people and has been since the Norman Conquest

 

[Quartz]

6 flats and 40 tenants?

 

[Greebo]

6 flats and 40 tenants?

Not so surprising if you bear in mind that a lot of those tenants were Polish, therefore more than a few of them would be Catholics.

 

[Libertad]

Sounds to me like the journo/s who put this report together could do with doing a little more research before they start being all contentious. Dozens of people being put out on the street is obviously no laughing matter but it sounds like some of them were receiving advice before the bailiffs turned up.

Local Authority's "gatekeeping" methods generally mean that people at imminent threat of homelessness often have to be put out by court-appointed bailiffs before the Council will accept their legal responsibility to provide housing, either LA or private rentals. It's possible that all of the tenants were hoping to be housed by the Council rather than accepting that they'd have to find their own roofs over their heads in private accommodation.

There's a whole lot going in this particular situation than meets the eye, I reckon. However, it's all conjecture failing proper reporting.

I'm guilty of having read and accepted the BBC report at face value but as is often the case there's more to this.
Friends used to find my naivety endearing but I just think that I'm a bit of a sap at times.

 

[Bitter&Twisted]

Some news stories at first reading, when they could be about specific instances where specialist knowledge would be useful, often appear to be about one thing when they are really about something else altogether. This is a failure of the reporting, and not a failure of the innocent reader's comprehension. In this instance I think the BBC should be ashamed of themselves. I have written to them to point this out. Not that I expect a reply.

Never lose your endearing naivety or you're in danger of become an embittered old cynic like this poster.