>These single tenants were the ones who held out the longest against
>it. Maybe they were selfish thoughtless people who took it for
>granted they were entitled to rattle around in their half-empty
>houses while other people, all battlers themselves, subsidised them.
>Its not quite that simple though, it was more a matter of having
>unrealsitic attitudes and being stubbornly resistant to the idea of
>actually taking responsibility for management. They had this
>ridiculous notion that it was someone else's responsibility, not just
>to pay for it, but more importantly to devise a solution.
why, they are evil shirkers living off others!