It's very simple, people who don't want to be moved from billy to jack and back with kids etc. want a council house, a place they can call home. Short term pain for long term gain.
This is what happens when you leave people on housing lists for 10 years+ paying their rent but letting them look after their own accommodation and keep pushing other people up the council list some who have not even been long in the country.
I wouldn't blame them in the slightest. This is all down to govt housing policy, you are not even in the running for a house unless you are "homeless" or "exceptional" need.