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nickgusset  Shizzlehurst 31 Oct 12 9.50am |
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Apparently from next April, those on housing benefit will lose money if they have a spare room. This will affect many disabled people
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 Ibanez 31 Oct 12 10.02am |
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Why should we pay for people to have a spare room? Seems quite reasonable that if they want more rooms than they need then perhaps they should pay for it themselves?
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| Doctor Jazz The Soul Cellar 31 Oct 12 10.03am |
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If people can't afford where they live they should move to somewhere smaller, get a caravan or a tent.
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| UnbornShaitan Too close to Penge for my liking 31 Oct 12 10.11am |
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I am in full agreement with this. There are far too many people struggling to get any type of suitable housing for their families at the same time as other people have lived in large council properties for years that they simply don't need (i know this applies to all housing not just council). This along with other measures currently being taken by many councils should over time free up housing for those who need it. And by the way, it's not a tax.
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| Stuk Top half 31 Oct 12 10.13am |
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Get a lodger if you have a room to spare and not enough cash to pay your bills, simple really.
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| fallenangel1979 31 Oct 12 10.14am |
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They already do this, we claimed housing benefit for a short time, i have a three bedroom flat but because my children are still at an age where they can share a room we only go benefit for a two bedroom. Understand completely, otherwise people would be renting four bedroom houses on the tax payer.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 31 Oct 12 10.14am |
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Quote Stuk at 31 Oct 2012 10.13am
Get a lodger if you have a room to spare and not enough cash to pay your bills, simple really.
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| UnbornShaitan Too close to Penge for my liking 31 Oct 12 10.16am |
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As i side note, I know someone who, in a way, is being affected by the many measures being taken over social housing. Quite simply she has a property she does not need (2 spare bedrooms) and the local authority have told her she can either downsize or face a massive increase in her rent. She feels this is unfair as its her "family home". Bull. It's social housing not your family home. However it appears to be a sentiment shared by many who have houses they don't need.
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| Stuk Top half 31 Oct 12 10.23am |
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Quote nickgusset at 31 Oct 2012 10.14am
Quote Stuk at 31 Oct 2012 10.13am
Get a lodger if you have a room to spare and not enough cash to pay your bills, simple really.
It might outweigh said housing benefit.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 31 Oct 12 10.24am |
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My dad will be affected. His house has been altered at a great cost since he had a stroke. The spare room is used for him to do much needed physio. It would be good if those with empty second homes were penalised too,but as usual, the better off seem to have things in their favour...
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 31 Oct 12 10.31am |
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It's important to recognize that this blunt measure is not simply taking aim at families with bedrooms lying empty. For example, under the Government's restrictive new rules, same sex teenagers up to the age of 15 will be forced to share a bedroom. And foster parents will be affected even where their bedrooms are occupied by foster children, who for benefit purposes do not count as part of the household. Others threatened with benefit cuts include lone parents or grandparents who use their 'spare' bedroom to share the care of their children or grandchildren, couples who sleep separately for medical reasons and disabled people who have had their homes specially adapted for their needs. Crucially, that extra room often isn't 'spare'. It is the place a family carer stays when a parent is ill, or the space a teenage child needs for privacy and study. It is part of normal life. We believe that penalising some families for living the lives most people lead is unfair and unjust. Yet that is what is going to happen from April 2013 if the Welfare Reform Bill goes through unamended. Of course, everyone understands the desire to make best use of our inadequate supply of affordable homes. But these families will be forced to choose between going into debt, struggling to meet payments by cutting back on essentials, or trying to move - even if no suitable alternative properties are available.
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| susmik PLYMOUTH -But Made in Old Coulsdon... 31 Oct 12 1.54pm |
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