It's not the estates it's the people. Benefit recipients are a pain in the butt. I own and live in an ex council house, I've raised my kids here, two graduated and the one that didn't is on 50k per year.
The sad fact is, there are some people, usually single parents who have never worked and think the world owes them a living. You can't tar all of them with the same brush, but in my experience young people on council estates are the worst customers. Dai