MSE News: Thousands of tenants to get bedroom tax rebate

Indie_Kid

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Who are the DHP???

Just goes to show how out of touch and mis-informed you are.

Discrentionary housing pyaments. Used to top up rent. But they're usually time limited and not everyone who applies will get one.

wildwestfan

nannytone wrote: »

according to another post .....
Not posted by me but by someone who thinks they know my circumstances!

As ive said again and again ....
I am ok, i have all i need. I am arguing on behalf od the thousands of people that are struggling.
Iot seems such a foreign concept to so many of yoyu ... Sticking up for other people .....

Sorry if i have it wrong but you have said you get direct payments of £1000+ a month to pay someone to run your bath and take you to the gym etc. then there will be ESA, Housing Benefit, Council tax support plus DLA.

Seems like you are extremely well supported by the government and LA.

I stick up for the taxpayers funding all this largesse, many of whom are poorer than the people they are forced to support.

~Chameleon~

sh1305 wrote: »

What does DLA have to do with it?

DLA is a non-means tested benefit so has absolutely nothing to do with any discussion in this thread.

Indie_Kid

wildwestfan wrote: »

Sorry if i have it wrong but you have said you get direct payments of £1000+ a month to pay someone to run your bath and take you to the gym etc. then there will be ESA, Housing Benefit, Council tax support plus DLA.

Seems like you are extremely well supported by the government and LA.

I stick up for the taxpayers funding all this largesse, many of whom are poorer than the people they are forced to support.

But how many of those tax payers are so disabled that they need direct payments? If you have direct payments, you don't see the money and you certainly can't spend it on whatever you want.

Confuseddot

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

This comment, plus your attack at me, followed by your lack of response when I pulled you up on it, says so much more about you than it does to us

Please show me when I attacked you ! I pulled you up on something which you said and you didn't like it. oh dear I will not stoop to your level.

nannytone_2

custardy wrote: »

which is why i said according to.

So once more.you posted about a blind person.which you apparently are.so what else do you expect from the state?(for a blind person)

we are not talking about me personally ok;)
a blind person needs to be familiar with their surroundings. Hone wise, thats fairly straight forward. They walk into a few walls and they learn.
Community and support are the important factots.
Put a blind person in a new town 10 miles away ... No friends, no community, no support...
You moght as well send them to the moon.
Without support, they will not learn where the shops are... Where the pub is, where the post office is ....
Blindness is terribly isolating unless you have support... End of
it isnt about money ... That is the least of the issues

~Chameleon~

nannytone wrote: »

those with hrc need night and day care and so qualify for the extra room for a carer

Only if someone claims CA for them. If they live alone they then lose their SD premium.

northerntwo1

sh1305 wrote: »

What does DLA have to do with it?

It is a far better indicator of need than qualification under DDA. Have you ever read the act? I can find a link for you

The impact assessment was poorly carried out. That is a fact. Until such a time they address this no one can say with any certainty what level of disability they have. People will position themselves as no one has needs to everyone has.

A full and comprehensive impact should have been carried out but wasn't. That is key to all arguments. Without that data no one without psychic abilities can say they "know" who is affected as it was a flawed baseline of data.

northerntwo1

Confuseddot wrote: »

Please show me when I attacked you ! I pulled you up on something which you said and you didn't like it. oh dear I will not stoop to your level.

You can't argue with stupidity.

nannytone_2

wildwestfan wrote: »

sorry if i have it wrong but you have said you get direct payments of £1000+ a month to pay someone to run your bath and take you to the gym etc. Then there will be esa, housing benefit, council tax support plus dla.

Seems like you are extremely well supported by the government and la.

I stick up for the taxpayers funding all this largesse, many of whom are poorer than the people they are forced to support.

the direct payments allow me to do the things that you do without thinking.
They dont fund some kind of lavish lifestyle.
Would you think it was right if i survived on toast and had a wash in cold water daily?
Probably you would