Will The Bedroom Tax Affect Me?

McKneff

johnkat wrote: »

Oh do shut up, you ignorant periwinkel.

No need for this abuse. Your post says more about you than you think

MissMoneypenny

meerustar wrote: »

There is a facebook group set up that has lots of advice and files to copy and send to your MP etc, to try and get the government to do a U-turn on this stupid idea.

Perhaps you should have tried that when they limited the amount of LHA/bedrooms, private rental claimants could have. First they went for the private rental claimants and you did nothing; and now they are after you. Private rentals claimants are limited in the number of bedrooms they can have and now social tenants will be too.

Although not many are going to take notice of longterm welfare claimants who are protesting about wanting more benefits/ to stop their benefits being reduced. Especially when they are using social houses that are bigger than they need and there are so many families desperate for these.

meerustar

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

Perhaps you should have tried that when they limited the amount of LHA/bedrooms, private rental claimants could have. It's too late now. Private rentals claimants are limited in the number of bedrooms they can have and now socail tenants will be too.

Although not many are going to take notice of longterm welfare claimants who are protesting about wanting more benefits/ to stop their benefits being reduced, especially when they are using social houses that are bigger than they need and there are so many families desperate for these.

But the majority did have the right amount of bedrooms when given the properties, but circumstances change and now the properties have a spare room.

princessdon

meerustar wrote: »

But the majority did have the right amount of bedrooms when given the properties, but circumstances change and now the properties have a spare room.

As did Private rentals when LHR covered their bills. The SH tenants didn't shout it wrong just adopted the "I'm alright jack". Now they are attempting to equalise it, it's now wrong. What makes it worse is that some SH tenants are still saying private rental is better, yet won't consider moving into private for rather obvious reasons.

This was always on the cards. Next will be none HB claimants with excess rooms.

Dunroamin

meerustar wrote: »

But the majority did have the right amount of bedrooms when given the properties, but circumstances change and now the properties have a spare room.

Then they shouldn't have been greedy and should have downsized before being forced to.

meerustar

Dunroamin wrote: »

Then they shouldn't have been greedy and should have downsized before being forced to.

Which part of 'there are not enough properties to downgrade to' do you not understand?

Dunroamin

meerustar wrote: »

The OP is just one example. There are many people who cannot afford the bedroom tax and who cannot move into smaller properties as there are none available.

Also, HB helps people who WORK as well,so you don't have to 'foot the bill' for everyone.

That's just silly. If someone works but also claims HB then it's still someone else footing the bill, isn't it?

MissMoneypenny

meerustar wrote: »

Therefore, she will end up having to pay the bedroom tax through no fault of her own.

What happens to those claimants in private rentals, when their child leaves and goes abroad for a year? Do they continue to get the HB money at the 2 bedrooms LHA rate, even though their child has left?

meerustar

Dunroamin wrote: »

That's just silly. If someone works but also claims HB then it's still someone else footing the bill, isn't it?

Partly, but there are not enough jobs out there for everyone to work full time, so they get help... and then penalised by the bedroom tax.

Dunroamin

meerustar wrote: »

Which part of 'there are not enough properties to downgrade to' do you not understand?

There may now be a shortage of smaller properties because so many people are looking to downsize at the same time. If people had done it individually, as their circumstances changed, then there wouldn't have been such a shortage.