SSSA to be Slashed
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From: OTA E
SSSA to be Slashed
Posted to MOD MB? Looking for a Flat? Hope you like Bromley or East Croydon or similar.
I heard rumours last week that SSSA was to be slashed as part of the current economy drive. Yesterday, as I was 'marching out' of by bijou bachellor pad at tourex, I asked whether they were true. They are, pretty much with immediate effect.
Apparently, the agents who manage the SSSA lets (HCR) have been told to restrict lets for SO1s and 2s to the £650-750 range. The old limit has been binned. If your app's in already, you might get away under the old rules. If it's not, be prepared for a sojourn in the suburbs. On the bright side, you might well get an all-zones Oyster card out of it!
BTW, my old flat near Canary Wharf is still up for grabs. I understand the Landlord is prepared to be flexible on rent (ie, align it with the new MOD range) because he likes having MOD tenants. PM me of you're interested
Happy flat hunting!
BM
I heard rumours last week that SSSA was to be slashed as part of the current economy drive. Yesterday, as I was 'marching out' of by bijou bachellor pad at tourex, I asked whether they were true. They are, pretty much with immediate effect.
Apparently, the agents who manage the SSSA lets (HCR) have been told to restrict lets for SO1s and 2s to the £650-750 range. The old limit has been binned. If your app's in already, you might get away under the old rules. If it's not, be prepared for a sojourn in the suburbs. On the bright side, you might well get an all-zones Oyster card out of it!
BTW, my old flat near Canary Wharf is still up for grabs. I understand the Landlord is prepared to be flexible on rent (ie, align it with the new MOD range) because he likes having MOD tenants. PM me of you're interested
Happy flat hunting!
BM
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SSSA = Substitute Service Single Accommodation (ish). It's provided because there is no mess in central London and not enough mess accom around the edges.
Married accompanied people qualify for SFA, so SSSA doesn't apply. The people who need it are those who would otherwise live-in - ie, singlies and bean stealers.
Married accompanied people qualify for SFA, so SSSA doesn't apply. The people who need it are those who would otherwise live-in - ie, singlies and bean stealers.
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Gainsey
Monthly rent for a 'part-furnished' flat/bedsit/room. On top of that you get food allowance (~£10-£12 a day IIRC), travel to and from your place of work (oyster card), travel back home (i.e family home) allowance (supposed to cover petrol costs for two journeys per month), London allowance (depending on location) and civilian clothing allowance (depending on rank). Utility bills are paid for directly by MOD and you can claim your telephone line rental back. TV licence fee is also paid for (unlike if you live in a Mess or accom block!) When you add it all up it comes very close to what some of our MPs are being 'slagged' off for claiming
Monthly rent for a 'part-furnished' flat/bedsit/room. On top of that you get food allowance (~£10-£12 a day IIRC), travel to and from your place of work (oyster card), travel back home (i.e family home) allowance (supposed to cover petrol costs for two journeys per month), London allowance (depending on location) and civilian clothing allowance (depending on rank). Utility bills are paid for directly by MOD and you can claim your telephone line rental back. TV licence fee is also paid for (unlike if you live in a Mess or accom block!) When you add it all up it comes very close to what some of our MPs are being 'slagged' off for claiming
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"I understand the Landlord is prepared to be flexible on rent (ie, align it with the new MOD range) because he likes having MOD tenants."
i suspect he won't be alone in that
you've normally got the tenant for 2 years,
its the nearest thing to garanteed rent you'll get and
they normally dont wreck the place
with the current interest rates probably the ideal time to be driving a hard bargin
i suspect he won't be alone in that
you've normally got the tenant for 2 years,
its the nearest thing to garanteed rent you'll get and
they normally dont wreck the place
with the current interest rates probably the ideal time to be driving a hard bargin
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Gainesy,
I hope by 'they' you meant MPs
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The civilian clothing allowance is for 'other ranks' only - presumably because they are all working class oiks from sink estates and would otherwise turn up in tracksuit bottoms and singlets. Officers, who are all scions of the landed gentry with private incomes and no chins, have to buy their own suits, just like they have to buy their own uniforms.
BM
I hope by 'they' you meant MPs
.The civilian clothing allowance is for 'other ranks' only - presumably because they are all working class oiks from sink estates and would otherwise turn up in tracksuit bottoms and singlets. Officers, who are all scions of the landed gentry with private incomes and no chins, have to buy their own suits, just like they have to buy their own uniforms.
BM
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An officer gets a deduction of taxable salary of £367 (last time I was told) that equates to about £147 per year tax relief. Now this is an allowance for the upkeep of his uniforn but, by definition, if he is only wearing civilian clothing the allowance would be applied to the upkeep of his civvies.
