Save The Foundry! - action needed

that was prob ex council, bought out cheaply by the previous tenants, then either sold for plenty money or they rake in fuckloads by renting it

Lots of council flats are sold cheap to people renting them, the basics of that is a good idea but it tends to end up being sold straight away or rented for a load of money, especially if it's in a up-n-coming / trendy area.

So you might pay 2k/month for an ex council flat, while your next door neighbour is on housing benefit in an un-sold flat

Yes, the tenants showing me round did say they rented the flat through an agency, so it will have been privately owned. If it had still been council-owned I can't imagine it would have been allowed to be in such a state of disrepair!