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North East Stand.
The bedroom tax more unpopular than the poll tax ?
Cut in Housing Benefit (for tenants of social landlords) of 14% of rent for those with one extra bedroom and 25% of rent for those with 2 or more spare bedrooms
Applies equally to those in and out of work.
Doesn’t apply to pensioners
No provision for those who have child only on weekends (must register as main parent)
No Provision for houses where bedroom is only a single, so is arguably making overcrowding mandatory
Average cut for a social housing tenant will be £16 per week
Children under 10 expected to share a room
Children under 16 expected to share room if the same sex
Severely disabled tenants allowed one extra room for overnight carer
Disabled people have been allocated £25 million of discretionary payments to help them remain in adapted homes
Bedroom tax is already in place for those in privately rented accommodation but will apply to social housing tenants from April 2013
It is possible that people with one extra bedroom, who can’t be allocated smaller accommodation, will not face penalties, though this remains to be seen
DWP impact assessment indicates that there is not enough housing of an adequate size for people to be moved into appropriate properties
DWP assessment indicates that 31% (660,000) of social housing tenants will have their Housing Benefit cut as a result of this change
North West 43% of people affected as compared to 26% in the South East
52% of those affected said that it would make their financial situation incredibly difficult
72% of households affected have someone living there who is disabled (Affinity Sutton Housing Trust), DWP stats say 66%
More tenants are going to end up in arrears of rent as they are unable to make payments, this will result in many people being made homeless and moved out of social housing.
It is possible that people with one extra bedroom, who can’t be allocated smaller accommodation, will not face penalties, though this remains to be seen
Some other links and tips i hope your find useful
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Housing Act 1985 sec 326 states that rooms under a certain size are not classed as bedrooms.
Housing Act 1985
Floor area of room Number of persons
110 sq. ft. or more 2
90 sq. ft. or more but less than 110 sq.ft. 1½
70 sq. ft. or more but less than 90 sq. ft. 1
50 sq. ft. or more but less than 70 sq. ft. ½
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Bedroom Tax...think its unfair...join the fight here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/antibedroomtax/
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Carers UK .. the voice of carers
Housing benefit size criteria rule: the | Carers UK
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Find out more about the bedroom tax, the part of welfare reform that will cut the amount of benefit that people can get if they are considered to have a spare bedroom.
Bedroom Tax - National Housing Federation
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Huge loophole in 'bedroom tax'
Huge loophole in 'bedroom tax' | UK | News | Daily Express
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Cut in Housing Benefit (for tenants of social landlords) of 14% of rent for those with one extra bedroom and 25% of rent for those with 2 or more spare bedrooms
Applies equally to those in and out of work.
Doesn’t apply to pensioners
No provision for those who have child only on weekends (must register as main parent)
No Provision for houses where bedroom is only a single, so is arguably making overcrowding mandatory
Average cut for a social housing tenant will be £16 per week
Children under 10 expected to share a room
Children under 16 expected to share room if the same sex
Severely disabled tenants allowed one extra room for overnight carer
Disabled people have been allocated £25 million of discretionary payments to help them remain in adapted homes
Bedroom tax is already in place for those in privately rented accommodation but will apply to social housing tenants from April 2013
It is possible that people with one extra bedroom, who can’t be allocated smaller accommodation, will not face penalties, though this remains to be seen
DWP impact assessment indicates that there is not enough housing of an adequate size for people to be moved into appropriate properties
DWP assessment indicates that 31% (660,000) of social housing tenants will have their Housing Benefit cut as a result of this change
North West 43% of people affected as compared to 26% in the South East
52% of those affected said that it would make their financial situation incredibly difficult
72% of households affected have someone living there who is disabled (Affinity Sutton Housing Trust), DWP stats say 66%
More tenants are going to end up in arrears of rent as they are unable to make payments, this will result in many people being made homeless and moved out of social housing.
It is possible that people with one extra bedroom, who can’t be allocated smaller accommodation, will not face penalties, though this remains to be seen
Some other links and tips i hope your find useful
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Housing Act 1985 sec 326 states that rooms under a certain size are not classed as bedrooms.
Housing Act 1985
Floor area of room Number of persons
110 sq. ft. or more 2
90 sq. ft. or more but less than 110 sq.ft. 1½
70 sq. ft. or more but less than 90 sq. ft. 1
50 sq. ft. or more but less than 70 sq. ft. ½
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Bedroom Tax...think its unfair...join the fight here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/antibedroomtax/
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Carers UK .. the voice of carers
Housing benefit size criteria rule: the | Carers UK
----------------------------------------
Find out more about the bedroom tax, the part of welfare reform that will cut the amount of benefit that people can get if they are considered to have a spare bedroom.
Bedroom Tax - National Housing Federation
------------------------------------------
Huge loophole in 'bedroom tax'
Huge loophole in 'bedroom tax' | UK | News | Daily Express
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