Having beeen homeless i know the perils of any government that says people should look to better thier lives by buying there own home but this statment that says thier should be a time limit put on renting propeties is virtually saying if you can afford it then you must buy it and that's not democracy as it was mean't. familes get bigger and properties get more expensive we now have to pay for our children to go to college. then to top this we have to pay more in cuncil taxes. what does this leave a working class person with. i am afraid someone has lost the plot unless we are actually heading towards a state that doesn't want us to choose how we live but are saying this is how you going to live. isn't it becoming a bit like communnism

jamie mccoy, London,

Social housing has always been used as a 'stopgap' for many people e.g. Released prisoners, people in hostels, Salvation army accomodation etc.
However the Govt. seems to be missing the point that there are literally thousands of people out there who don't want to own or buy a house or a flat they are happy to rent. And they want to rent from a responsible landlord with affordable rent - Council landlords. Not private landlords or Housing Associations.
So come on Mrs Kelly make my day - and that of others - lets build affordable Council houses and flats for the young workers and families of today just like we did in the 40's and 50's for families moving out of their employers slum cottages.

Glyn, Manchester,

Don't y'all realize the dark tunnel you are going down, and evidently picking up speed. You are housing the invader, you areinvitinghim inyourdoor, feeding him, clothing him, housing him.... giving him your teat...

Thank the good Lord I am 50 years old, and have40 acres in theTexas hill country so when you fall into the chasm i won't have to worry about it.....

The Europeans are so quick to tell the Yanks how we are so intelectually inferior... study your own history... They are back, and the the power of the oil well and the nuke, and much of that technology provided by Europeans

Mark, Houston, TX