Under 25 housing benefit

lostinrates

pqrdef wrote: »

What if they get married?

What if they do? Dh and i did. It worked well for us for various reasons, so well that one of my parents is moving in with us and the other made being reachable by us a requirment in their ouse search.

Sometimes those agreeing with a policy aren't blythly condemning others to a life they don't have to lead, but have lived it themselves, experienced the down sides of the situation and appreciated the benefits it can bring to both generations. (in fact a know a few tri generational households, and even one where four generations live in a house together...normal 'white, english middle class people' who did not like the alternatives for them, their parents or their children so have clubbed together provided granny care, grandchild care, etc etc

silvercar

I say to my children that they live at home until they can afford to rent or buy themselves. I would never think to say that they should get their own place and claim HB to live there whilst they start their careers. All this change in law will do is make this a rule rather than advice.

PaulF81

It will hopefully incentivise little scrotes to work hard at school as opposed to dossing round knowing the state will provide shelter the minute they hit 18. Want independence and your own roof over your head? Work for it. Would support the same similar cuts to OAPs though, get rid of the bus pass and discount travel, would save a fortune.

PaulF81

Latest in the torygraph.

Mr Cameron will highlight official statistics showing that more than 150,000 people claiming income support for more than a year have three or more children.
He will warn that working people "have to think very carefully about whether they can afford to have children" but the unemployed are encouraged financially to have bigger families. The Government is expected to propose limiting child benefit and other handouts so that it is only paid for the first three children.
The Prime Minister will also indicate that he is considering introducing a time limit for unemployment bene– fits. The Conservatives previously considered introducing a maximum of, for example, two years for claiming unemployment benefits. He will today also suggest that benefits should be made conditional on people taking more active steps to find work.

All very sensible especially the cb cap for baby generators.

paddyrg

This is Cameron's opening salvo for the Tories for the next election - appealing to the party faithful/hardliners who have seen things fairly soft in the coalition.

PaulF81

Won't believe it till I see unemployed families of 10 picking through bins for food though.

pqrdef

PaulF81 wrote: »

Would support the same similar cuts to OAPs though, get rid of the bus pass and discount travel, would save a fortune.

Seems like the cost of the buses and drivers and diesel would still be pretty much the same. So either the State would have to find an alternative subsidy path, or services would have to be cut.

Joe_Bloggs

I am surprised that DC or IDS has not mentioned National Service. A bit of square bashing never hurt anyone that much.

Under 25s can live in pods rather than pay landlords housing benefit.
I do wonder who the under 25s will consider voting for. What is to stop an arbitrary age discrimination of under 25s becoming under 30s or 35s.
J_B.
Roll on Inter Stellar Benefit. The precursor to Universal Benefit.

PaulF81

Why would CDS want the responsibility of looking after hundreds of thousands of scrotes with a massive sense of over entitlement? Watch the episode of yes prime minister on national service. It's spot on.

homelessskilledworker

brit1234 wrote: »

In my line of work you regularly see parents kick out their teenager children who often have children of their own and don't work fully knowing they will jump to the top of the housing list and get re homed in their own flat. There are also men in there 40s-50s who go round having upto a dozen children with different teenager/girls in their early 20s and leaving them. Strangely these new mothers all get new homes.

It has to stop.

I am sure there are many genuine people out there where life just kicks them in the teeth when they have done nothing but try their hardest to pay their way. These type of people I have no problems with supporting and nurturing them while they get their **** together.

But sadly we all know endless cases like you describle, just lazy disrespectfull people that just hold their begging hand out and tell "US" what to do do and how to provide for them.

My particular favourite example is a certain lazy ponce on the Letchworth Grange estate who has bred five kids with three different women. They paraded the kids in front of our sympathtic welfare system and neatly shared them out in order to gain three good quality council houses to house three of the adults including the male, not sure what the third woman is doing.

For people that insist on working on average wages and who also insist that they pay their way in life and to respect others, I honestly believe they are at a disadvantage in many cases.
If Cameron can alter that one thing I will take my hat off to him.
But I cannot help but think this is nothing but hot air in order to give the far right a fix.