thieves.... aah well we can dream. Its the area around Breckfield Road. Where the Breckfield Pub is. And The Breckfield Centre. The Anfiedl Breckfield New begginings Partnership is there, it started in the Breckfield Community Comprehensive School. I usede to sign on there at Breckfield Dole. Low cost social housing ? Hardly the utopia you'd have us believe, as a quick glance at any local council estate will reveal. Local authorities - many of whom handed over arms length control of their housing stock to housing associations merely to avoid Right To Buy legislation, while retaining practical control - have a notorious record as landlords. The appallingly bad service they provide to tenants is frequently equal to the most unscrupulous private lndlord. Indeed, in many cases they are actually worse,since some of the legislation preventing would-be Rachmans from screwing tenants does not apply to public ownership. Rents are increased frequently because councils and housing associations know that the government will pick up most of the bill in the form of Housing Benefit - fine for the unemployed, but punishing for those struggling to hold down low paid jobs. Corruption during building and repair contracts is rife and the unions control the way things are run. As a result tenants can wait, not weeks, not months, but years for repairs to their home to be completed. And the cost of repairing a door or window can be three times higher than the prices charged by private companies. If low cost social