Age for siblings sharing is changing?

bloolagoon

Lucky94 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the rules are still the same if one child a boy is on DLA and wakes throughout the night needing constant attention, therefore waking the other child a girl?

I would suspect gender is unimportant, it's the issue of their own room regardless of gender isn't it?

Upsidedown_Bear

Lucky94 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the rules are still the same if one child a boy is on DLA and wakes throughout the night needing constant attention, therefore waking the other child a girl?

I found this:

"Can those affected by the bedroom tax claim discretionary housing payments?

The government has provided an additional £30 million to the Discretionary Housing Payments budget from 2013/14 to support this particular measure. This additional resource is intended for those affected by this measure who are unlikely to be able to meet the shortfall and for whom moving to a smaller property may be inappropriate.
It is aimed specifically at two groups:

• disabled people living in significantly adapted accommodation – including any adaptations made for disabled children
• foster carers, whose housing benefit is reduced because of a bedroom being used by, or kept free for, foster children.

The expectation is that this money will be prioritised for these groups."

This ^^ is from the Sovereign Housing Association website here:

https://amxprd0610.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=QlLwj5XsmkCpaH4r0EmeQJcho1G-x88Ivak7nxCPd1dc96fJAM-hciQyib7CrwZJZvQqpKPpN1A.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sovereign.org.uk%2fEasySiteWeb%2fGatewayLink.aspx%3falId%3d7002


Also found this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19544952

princessdon

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

I found this:

"Can those affected by the bedroom tax claim discretionary housing payments?

The government has provided an additional £30 million to the Discretionary Housing Payments budget from 2013/14 to support this particular measure. This additional resource is intended for those affected by this measure who are unlikely to be able to meet the shortfall and for whom moving to a smaller property may be inappropriate.
It is aimed specifically at two groups:

• disabled people living in significantly adapted accommodation – including any adaptations made for disabled children
• foster carers, whose housing benefit is reduced because of a bedroom being used by, or kept free for, foster children.

The expectation is that this money will be prioritised for these groups."

This ^^ is from the Sovereign Housing Association website here:

https://amxprd0610.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=QlLwj5XsmkCpaH4r0EmeQJcho1G-x88Ivak7nxCPd1dc96fJAM-hciQyib7CrwZJZvQqpKPpN1A.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sovereign.org.uk%2fEasySiteWeb%2fGatewayLink.aspx%3falId%3d7002


Also found this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19544952

A child waking during the night is not the same as adaptations.

Upsidedown_Bear

princessdon wrote: »

A child waking during the night is not the same as adaptations.

I realise that.

This is the only information I could find that related to disabled children and the "bedroom tax" so I posted it as it may be of help to Lucky94.

If you can find anything more enlightening please post it.

princessdon

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

I realise that.

This is the only information I could find that related to disabled children and the "bedroom tax" so I posted it as it may be of help to Lucky94.

If you can find anything more enlightening please post it.

Because there isn't any, discretionary housing can help, but unless they need a spare room for overnight additional carers it won't happen.

Tiddlywinks

Be imaginative... parents have sofa-bed in living room or convert the dining room and then bedrooms can be used for kids.

People need to get to grips with the fact that benefits are there as a safety net and not for nice-to-haves.

princessdon

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Be imaginative... parents have sofa-bed in living room or convert the dining room and then bedrooms can be used for kids.

People need to get to grips with the fact that benefits are there as a safety net and not for nice-to-haves.

It's gonna take a long time for that to filter down to the entilted to sector

mazza111

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

I found this:

"Can those affected by the bedroom tax claim discretionary housing payments?

The government has provided an additional £30 million to the Discretionary Housing Payments budget from 2013/14 to support this particular measure. This additional resource is intended for those affected by this measure who are unlikely to be able to meet the shortfall and for whom moving to a smaller property may be inappropriate.
It is aimed specifically at two groups:

• disabled people living in significantly adapted accommodation – including any adaptations made for disabled children
• foster carers, whose housing benefit is reduced because of a bedroom being used by, or kept free for, foster children.

The expectation is that this money will be prioritised for these groups."

This ^^ is from the Sovereign Housing Association website here:

https://amxprd0610.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=QlLwj5XsmkCpaH4r0EmeQJcho1G-x88Ivak7nxCPd1dc96fJAM-hciQyib7CrwZJZvQqpKPpN1A.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sovereign.org.uk%2fEasySiteWeb%2fGatewayLink.aspx%3falId%3d7002


Also found this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19544952

Thank you for that link. The housing officer who showed us round my dd's new flat today mentioned something like this but it was all very rushed. We've budgeted that she could probably afford to take the hit by using her DLA to pay for it, but if this is in place it will help her even more to get the flat decorated. Even if it just lasts for a year it would be a huge help after the moving costs etc. I guess it will depend on what they mean by significantly adapted. Not that she has much to move, can do away with wardrobes (built in in new place), cooker (built in oven and hob) and washing machine (new place has washer/dryer). It's definitely something I'll look into