The Change
Hi.
Thank you for your reply.
The change I refer to was made to CSRs in October 2006 and basically means that you are tied to the dates of a previous lease when you sign a new lease prior to your last lease's expiration. In a rising market this will mean you are priced out of the market. The Director of Accounting Services has stated that your answer to the problem he has created through his penny pinching tight-fistedness is for '...you move down the market or pay the difference yourself...'. This is considered to be very unfair by many people currently on the Scheme and the ball of dissatisfaction is rolling. So far the ball has caused considerable concern amongst the penny pinchers and the hope is a unified stance may result in a return to a degree of fairness. Many people are currently complaining that when they were directed - ie not by choice - onto the AAS they received written guarantees from the Govt. that the rate of AAS would always be such that they could afford to rent accommodation of the same standard as the Govt. Quarters they previously lived in. Examples of the inaccuracies of this are clearly advertised by the Govt. on the Governement Property Agency Website! where flats in midlevels (Chater Hall) which were the quarters of AAS recipients prior to their being pushed onto the scheme are available for rent for between 36 and 38,000 PCM. That's a LOT more than the current rate! The change is causing many people a lot of financial pain and many are considering moving on to greener pastures.
If you are an AAS victim let me know and I'll be happy to go over it all with you in detail. Thanks for your time and all the best.