Right to a house?

pgj2015 · 17-06-2022 8:59pm #1

What is this bull$hit I keep hearing from people? Everyone should have a right to a house? Really, a building worth maybe 300,000 euro or more. why should anyone think it is their right to own one?

People work hard to buy a house, pay off a mortgage for 30 years etc but someone else just has a right to a similar house and they don't have to do anything to earn it? They can just lie on the couch all day drinking cans and watching judge judy. It it ridiculous.

walshtipp · 17-06-2022 9:01pm

I agree. But the real problem is that people are working hard with the goal being to purchase a property, but unable to get on the ladder due to high house prices and low availability. The 3.5 rule is a pain too.

pgj2015 · 17-06-2022 9:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217471#Comment_119217471

There is always ways to get what you want but it takes work. This crap of people moaning that they should be entitled to a free house is crazy.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 17-06-2022 9:04pm

If there's free houses going count me in. 40, working in public service and not a hope in hell for me.

thefallingman · 17-06-2022 9:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217480#Comment_119217480

You and me both wolf

elperello · 17-06-2022 9:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058250693/right-to-a-house

Are you talking about owning a house or having a house to live in?

A house is a capital asset and as you say needs to be paid for.

Anyone who lies on a couch drinking cans and watching TV will never be able to pay for a house.

They still need a place to live though.

walshtipp · 17-06-2022 9:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217474#Comment_119217474

Yes it is wrong for people to be in the mindset that they should get a free house. It is important to work for what you want.

I work long hours in the hope that I will be able to purchase a property. I am on an average enough salary but my salary x3.5 is nowhere near enough to get a property. So have to save for approximately 10-15 years to top up mortgage with cash.

I am not moaning about it but affordable housing needs to be available for those not on high salaries.

Michael D. was absolutely right with the comments he made about housing. It is a disaster.

gameoverdude · 17-06-2022 9:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119217497#Comment_119217497

I don't lie on the couch drinking cans! It's bottles I drink.

scwazrh · 17-06-2022 9:17pm

If you’re 40 and don’t have a house it has to be asked what were you doing in your twenties .And if the answer was having fun or travelling well ,you made your bed …Plenty of 40 year old we’re saving their arse off and having no fun in their 20 & 30s and now have a house to show for it.It’s people in their twenties now who are screwed through no fault of their own.40 + year olds without a house at the moment will largely be due to your own life choices.