This so called Bedroom Tax

lighting_up_the_chalice

clemmatis wrote: »

Sorry you're so hard up. If you put an SOA in Debt Free, people will probably help.

Gladly. But just have a look at those who scrape over the HB threshold.

Dunroamin

nannytone wrote: »

quite possibly. but i dont know derby at all, have never been there. i also dont know anyone that lives in derby. my PA also couldnt afford to commute to derby, so i would need a new PA. a total stranger, helping me with personal things.
you really dont have a clue about the impact of your suggestion

I don't see the problem with changing one employee for another, just like changing a cleaner. You might actually get someone who teaches you skills and encourages you to be independent.

wildwestfan

Dunroamin wrote: »

I don't see the problem with changing one employee for another, just like changing a cleaner. You might actually get someone who teaches you skills and encourages you to be independent.

The 'PA' actually sounds more like a friend than a paid employee. If so it makes the relationship different to that of employer/employee.

Sounds much more like a carer than a PA but at £250 a week it is much more expensive than carer's allowance would be and for just 25 hours/week support.

nannytone_2

Dogger69 wrote: »

Surely that is what your support worker is for, to help you adapt to new situations?

Lots of blind people move house ...

my support worked lives in the same place that i live. if i need her, she is on the doorstep. nottingham is a 40 minute journey away.
if she has those assitional costs on a dail;y basis, then working for me wouldnt be financially viable for her.

if i moved away from the area i am in, if she decided it was worth her while to still work for me ( doubtful) then she would be the only person i saw.
do you really think friends and accquaintances are so unimportant to wellbeing?
especially for someone that is easily isololated through disability?

dunroamin... your husband is disabled. if you werent there to care for him and he relied on a paid carer...

you honestly think it would be appropriate to move away from his friends and everything he knows to start again all alone?

if you say yes it would be fine, then your either lying or you obviously dont care about his wellbeing

Dunroamin

nannytone wrote: »

my support worked lives in the same place that i live. if i need her, she is on the doorstep. nottingham is a 40 minute journey away.
if she has those assitional costs on a dail;y basis, then working for me wouldnt be financially viable for her.

if i moved away from the area i am in, if she decided it was worth her while to still work for me ( doubtful) then she would be the only person i saw.
do you really think friends and accquaintances are so unimportant to wellbeing?
especially for someone that is easily isololated through disability?

dunroamin... your husband is disabled. if you werent there to care for him and he relied on a paid carer...

you honestly think it would be appropriate to move away from his friends and everything he knows to start again all alone?

if you say yes it would be fine, then your either lying or you obviously dont care about his wellbeing

I don't think that friends are unimportant for wellbeing for some people but neither do I think that visiting a friend 40 minutes away would be a problem. I also think that it's not hard to make new friends in a new area, if that's what you want to do.

In fact we did move away from where we'd been living a couple of years ago but, as he's virtually housebound, it doesn't actually make very much difference to him where he lives. If he needed a paid carer we/he could just as well employ someone here as we could where we used to live - it really wouldn't make any difference.

Dunroamin

wildwestfan wrote: »

The 'PA' actually sounds more like a friend than a paid employee. If so it makes the relationship different to that of employer/employee.

I agree, it sounds like a very "pally" arrangement.

GlasweJen

Well a month into the bedroom tax and I've been told that I might actually get a council house after all.

I've been living in a top story flat for 16 months even though I'm completely confined to a wheelchair. I need a level access 2 bedroom house or flat or a 1 bed that has a living room I can have a sofa bed in (for overnight care).

Even when I do move I'll be paying a hell of a lot more than £15 to the council for rent. Bedroom tax is 100% of the rent when you're employed.

Dunroamin

GlasweJen wrote: »

Well a month into the bedroom tax and I've been told that I might actually get a council house after all.

I've been living in a top story flat for 16 months even though I'm completely confined to a wheelchair. I need a level access 2 bedroom house or flat or a 1 bed that has a living room I can have a sofa bed in (for overnight care).

Even when I do move I'll be paying a hell of a lot more than £15 to the council for rent. Bedroom tax is 100% of the rent when you're employed.

I'm pleased that you're making some progress GlasweJen - your situation regarding housing has been a disgrace and puts the whole "bedroom tax" situation into perspective.

Good luck.

nannytone_2

Dunroamin wrote: »

I don't see the problem with changing one employee for another, just like changing a cleaner. You might actually get someone who teaches you skills and encourages you to be independent.

would your cleaner be reading your personal mail?
and be attending personal medical assessments?

i am independant, i make my own decisions and go where i want.
the fact that i need someone i can trust to accompany me id irrelevant.

you really need to learn a bit of humility otherwise when you fall off your extrememly high horse, no one will be around to help you up

nannytone_2

GlasweJen wrote: »

Well a month into the bedroom tax and I've been told that I might actually get a council house after all.

I've been living in a top story flat for 16 months even though I'm completely confined to a wheelchair. I need a level access 2 bedroom house or flat or a 1 bed that has a living room I can have a sofa bed in (for overnight care).

Even when I do move I'll be paying a hell of a lot more than £15 to the council for rent. Bedroom tax is 100% of the rent when you're employed.

but you have more than £100 a week coming in