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Prinzessilein

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

You think ghettoising the poor is a good thing?

I think I qualify as poor. I get IB, topped up by IS and I get DLA at lower rate (both components).

LHA in my area is about £60 for a one-bedroomed flat. I get a small increase now on disabilty grounds. Looking at the local paper - I have a choice of places to bid for, between £55 and £80 a week.

Most of these places are council estates - but they are good places. I am not expecting a detached bungalow as council housing! They are most assuredly not 'ghettos'.

Yes, there are some areas around here that are less than pleasant places to be housed. But that happens in every town. ....And some of the less savoury places are not council estates!

bestpud

Oh get real onw - why should she! :mad:

Jowo_2

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

You think ghettoising the poor is a good thing?

What's your definition of a ghetto and how does the change in the rates of LHA increase this?

Wee_Willy_Harris

Prinzessilein wrote: »

I think I qualify as poor. I get IB, topped up by IS and I get DLA at lower rate (both components).

LHA in my area is about £60 for a one-bedroomed flat. I get a small increase now on disabilty grounds. Looking at the local paper - I have a choice of places to bid for, between £55 and £80 a week.

Most of these places are council estates - but they are good places. I am not expecting a detached bungalow as council housing! They are most assuredly not 'ghettos'.

Yes, there are some areas around here that are less than pleasant places to be housed. But that happens in every town. ....And some of the less savoury places are not council estates!

And there will be some areas you are excluded from?

Wee_Willy_Harris

Jowo wrote: »

What's your definition of a ghetto and how does the change in the rates of LHA increase this?

It restricts the personal choises available to the poor.

dazedandconfuddled

Some of us are on income support because they have three disabled kids who have high level care needs. HTH.
Thanks for the helpful responses, should be ok though as I am in HA accommodation thankfully.

Killmark

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

It restricts the personal choises available to the poor.

In the real world this is called: Economic Migration.

People should live within their means, not have the state pick up the tab.

Killmark

dazedandconfuddled wrote: »

Some of us are on income support because they have three disabled kids who have high level care needs. HTH.
Thanks for the helpful responses, should be ok though as I am in HA accommodation thankfully.

One I can understand, two.....it's time to stop, but THREE?

MissMoneypenny

Jowo wrote: »

It seems to be a flat national cap regardless of area.

"From April 2011, new Local Housing Allowance Rates will be introduced. A new maximum limit of £250 per week will be applied to one-bedroom homes, rising to £290 per week for two-bedroom properties, £340 per week for three-bedroom properties and £400 per week for homes with four or more bedrooms. "

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/06/emergency-budget-benefits-overhaul-217654

Yep, if you choose to live in an expensive area; regardless of what the average rents are in that area, the above is the maximum that will get paid.

Jowo_2

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

It restricts the personal choises available to the poor.

I googled for definitions of a ghetto and it came back with

"A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background, often because of discrimination."

"a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions "

"A ghetto is now described as an overcrowded urban area often associated with a specific ethnic or racial population; especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure"

In which case, London already operates as a collection of ghettos already....??