You did; Destitute <-> deserving?? Why should you need to 'deserve' a local authority house if you choose to pay the rent; with or without benefits. Strangely you seem to equate standard LA housing with emergency housing, a battered wives refuge or a refugee camp!!, i.e. based on need not choice!
I have a private property, my choice, but have no beef with those that do not wish to own a house or to be overcharged by private landlords, not for profit housing in my mind is a good thing, whoever chooses to live in it.
Cheers, thought I was going mad for a while with some of the stuff posted on here!!