Some pensioners will be affected by the 'bedroom tax'

joanne79

And you all seem to know a lot about a lot of different stuff, it's really interesting reading through, where as I don't know a lot about much :-/

Morlock

princessdon wrote: »

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Nope, I know quite a few who are going to help out, so their child has a room at their parents.

Many otherwise would not get a break and trust me £14 pw is a bargain for a night off.

So rather than many people being more than happy to pay, they are happy to let other members of the family pay. What about those whose family cannot afford to, or those who have no family?

You say it is no big deal, yet many housing organisations are predicting a dramatic rise in rent arrears, evictions and resultant homelessness.

princessdon

Morlock wrote: »

So rather than many people being more than happy to pay, they are happy to let other members of the family pay. What about those whose family cannot afford to, or those who have no family?

You say it is no big deal, yet many housing related organisations are predicting a dramatic rise in rent arrears, evictions and resultant homelessness.

Well in 14 mos time we will see how many affected do just that when the official figures are introduced.

It's like anything - mortage rates go up and they say XXX will be homeless and the figures are way lower than predicted normally.

Don't forget when they changed the LHR rate to shared for under 35 and to lowest 30% of rents, they said the same.

Not seen many people living on the streets as a result, people just paid extra or moved into shared accomodation etc.

Morlock

Most recent figures show an 18% rise in homeless applications, in one London borough a rise of 245%. This doesn't include the homeless population who don't even bother to apply as they realise they'll be waiting for years/infinitely with low priority.

Because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening, with more to follow.

Dunroamin

A rise in homeless applications doesn't necessarily mean the equivalent rise in homelessness - it can just mean that more people have sussed out the system from sites like this.

evenasus

princessdon wrote: »

many PWC will happily contribute

Could someone please tell me what PWC stands for?

nannytone_2

parent with care

Own_My_Own

evenasus wrote: »

Could someone please tell me what PWC stands for?

It is usually used on the Child Support Board.

PWC - Parent With Care ( the parent the child lives with)

NRP- Non-Residential Parent (the parent who doesn't live with the child)

ab.da54

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

The idea is to bring Housing Benefit payments in the public sector in line with private sector.

Will council tenants be receiving the same rates of housing benefit as those who claim LHA?

I thought a percentage of rent would be required to be paid even if the full amount of rent was less than what someone would claim in LHA for a private rental.

If that's the case, then it's not really bringing it in line with the private sector but I am really not sure about all this.

Own_My_Own

ab.da54 wrote: »

Will council tenants be receiving the same rates of housing benefit as those who claim LHA?

I thought a percentage of rent would be required to be paid even if the full amount of rent was less than what someone would claim in LHA for a private rental.

If that's the case, then it's not really bringing it in line with the private sector but I am really not sure about all this.

I don't think that is what seven-day-weekend means.

I think she means that private sector tenants have always only got HB for the amount of bedrooms they need. They have always had to make up the shortfall needed to have spare rooms.