Yet another bedroom tax problem

Danny_10

i made an OT appointment and was told that would take upto 24 weeks just to see one

fluffymovie

A DHP is made for you - you say the council have said no but no to what exactly?

Taken from Hansard

3.4 Disabled occupants
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As noted in section
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There are no exemptions for other disabled tenants/occupants. The Government has made additional funding for Discretionary Housing Payments available for disabled people who live in significantly adapted accommodation (see section
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Trying to define in legislation that this or that type of adaptation was or was not exempt was very complex. Rather than having a blanket exemption simply for a ramp or a stair rail, we have allocated money to local authorities, which broadly matches what we think would be the cost of protecting people in the circumstances that the hon. Gentleman has described – for example, a wheelchair user who has had significant adaptations made.
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