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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

The elderly landlord is a friend of ours but he is in ill health and his children have decided to sell.

Start a GoFundMe and I'll send them a tenner, I am sure enough people would that we could buy the bungalow, donate it to Homes For Heroes and let him live out the rest of his life there. We threw those lads into a meatgrinder, the least we can do is make sure he doesn't spend his last days (and he doesn't sound well) in a hostel.

Then vote in a government who make it compulsory to build social housing not just "affordable" ones. Try and find a way to stop some ruthless future government from flogging them off to buy votes.