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Housing Benefit under occupancy Help

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  • Morlock
    Morlock Posts: 3,265 Forumite
    nannytone wrote: »
    well the eldeerly are being protected from this one... but the disabled are getting a real thrashing

    The DWP's equality impact assessment states that of the 660,000 claimants affected by the bedroom tax, 61% have a disability that is recognised under the Disability Discrimination Act.
  • nannytone wrote: »
    yes they are and i dont dispute that fact.

    what youre not understanding is that they have the ability to change and improve their lot!
    people such as me dont have that option

    You do to a certain extent.
  • Your daughters friend has the ability if working, she chose a partner who does not pay maintenance.

    Honest question which you do not have to answer on here, but do you genuinely equate your situation with theirs?

    If the answer is no then fight your own battles, if maybe in parts - again this is their battle, if yes then I fail to see your own argument with the money paid to them, their prospects and their ability to find funding for a secure tenancy worth its weight in gold.
  • Morlock wrote: »
    The DWP's equality impact assessment states that of the 660,000 claimants affected by the bedroom tax, 61% have a disability that is recognised under the Disability Discrimination Act.

    You're point being?
  • nannytone_2
    nannytone_2 Posts: 13,002 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    i cannot move for the reasons i have stated.
    i have already begun adapting as best i can to the position i know i will be in, and i will get by.

    but that isnt the same as sitting quietly and accepting.

    but to say that that people like me have a 'choice' is patronising and amd just rubs salt in the wound.

    it isnt nice knowing that things can only get worse.
    hope is what keeps people going
  • nannytone wrote: »
    i cannot move for the reasons i have stated.
    i have already begun adapting as best i can to the position i know i will be in, and i will get by.

    but that isnt the same as sitting quietly and accepting.

    but to say that that people like me have a 'choice' is patronising and amd just rubs salt in the wound.

    it isnt nice knowing that things can only get worse.
    hope is what keeps people going

    Far more patronising to tell you that you have no choice, surely.
  • Morlock
    Morlock Posts: 3,265 Forumite
    You're point being?

    Of the 81% of claimants affected by having one spare room, the majority of those are likely to have a disability, as 61% of claimants affected have a disability. Any savings will be at the expense of disabled people who are less likely to be able to move elsewhere and will stay put and absorb the cost. So, yes, the disabled are getting a real thrashing.
  • nixe
    nixe Posts: 167 Forumite
    Morlock wrote: »
    Of the 81% of claimants affected by having one spare room, the majority of those are likely to have a disability, as 61% of claimants affected have a disability. Any savings will be at the expense of disabled people who are less likely to be able to move elsewhere and will stay put and absorb the cost. So, yes, the disabled are getting a real thrashing.


    thats so true in my case, me and hubby have room each
    both have serious medical problems.
    we have to pay unless we move where it will me who sleeps
    on the settee, i had a stroke 5 weeks ago so cant do it.
    he defo could not sleep on the settee.
  • nannytone_2
    nannytone_2 Posts: 13,002 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    not more patronising .... more honest
  • Morlock wrote: »
    Of the 81% of claimants affected by having one spare room, the majority of those are likely to have a disability, as 61% of claimants affected have a disability. Any savings will be at the expense of disabled people who are less likely to be able to move elsewhere and will stay put and absorb the cost. So, yes, the disabled are getting a real thrashing.

    That's one way of looking at it. Of course, an alternative viewpoint would be that, due to the way in which Social Housing allocations are prioritised, those disabled under-occupiers are keeping other disabled applicants out of Social Housing and abandoning them to unsuitable private accommodation, and all for the sake of a spare room (or two). So this could well be a welcome lifeline for many disabled people on the waiting list.
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