I see where you’re coming from, but these days welfare is being used as an enabling springboard for criminals to live a life of self indulgence and crime, while living off of the taxpayers they terrorize. Obviously there is need for reform and while you worry about liberals using this as a means to confiscate property, this is about WELFARE, not personal property being yanked. These looters were caught and convicted, not just accused. They have been living off of the taxpayer and they have destroyed people’s livlihoods and have also destroyed the job opportunities that might have sprung up.
Many people on welfare often do not (or refuse) to understand the value that people place on their businesses and their livlihoods, it’s often just one big joke to them. Long term recipients are quite frankly the least appreciative of the fact that other people take pride in making a living and take pride in getting up before noon each day. If welfare recipients have their beenfits stripped form them if they commit a crime, or their families suffer along with them, you will see a HUGE drop in criminal activity among welfare recipients.
These looters were caught and convicted, not just accused.
If that's the case, then the Council has every right to evict, and I agree they should. Conviction of a felony can cause cause the loss of many rights and privileges, and free housing is probably one of them.
However, the riot was only last week, how could there have been a trial and conviction (due process)? Furthermore, the article states that the youth was a "suspected" agitator and thief, not a "convicted" one.
Gov't should not be in the housing business, but since they are, they should follow the law and finish the paperwork before they boot tenants out.