Housing Benefit capped at £400 a week!

AnnaV

I think people should obv be housed but I don't see the incentive to get back to work if you live in a house you couldn't afford with an average non-skilled job.

And (correct me if I am wrong) people that work don't get subsidised rent when they have more children.

Getting people back to work needs to be incentivised, and with people being comfortable on benefits that isn't going to happen. And we know it's a trap because children growing up in households where parents don't work are less likely to work themselves.

I live in a pleasant suburb of London, and we had to move into a smaller home in the recession as things were biting. (And yes, you could still get a 4 bed house around here for £1600 a month).

I do think the right to buy scheme was a terrible idea though - it's such a shame as the LHA housing was really intergrated in lots of areas - I don't think we should have ghettos at all, but LHA shouldn't live in more expensive areas than workers can. Unfortunately it is not possible to set fixed house prices all over the country!

Jowo_2

AnnaV wrote: »

And (correct me if I am wrong) people that work don't get subsidised rent when they have more children.

Many people with low paid jobs get LHA towards their rent. Part of what determines the rate of LHA a household gets is the number of bedrooms they are entitled to. This entitlement is based upon the age and sex of the children.

So I think it could be the case that people who receive LHA may find it increases with children because the rate is higher for higher number of bedrooms (even if they choose not to live in that size of property).

but i am also open to correction.