The Welfare Reform Bill – currently going through Parliament – will try to match families to the right sized property, which could be via a housing association on a housing estate.
According to Lord Freud, this means that having a spare bedroom is going to be considered “a luxury”.
People who live in a social housing property with a spare bedroom will lose £11 a week from their housing benefit under reform plans – while those with two or three spare rooms could be set to lose around £20 a week.
What Lord Freud has not said is if this is going to affect current tenants. If it does, I’m assuming those of us with a spare bedroom will be forced to move or forced to pay.
If it only affects new tenants then, OK, I can just about run with that, but as families grow, Social Mobility will be even more in need.
As usual, Social Housing Tenants are being targeted.
I for one think its a complete disgrace the way this coilition government is treating the poorer members of society…. we all know that the entire government and house of lords is made up of people that are either extreamly wealthy, very wealthy or just plain wealthy…. its about time they started living in the real world. How about allowing people on benefits to apply to become an MP? Oh sorry….. I forgot, that would count as voluntry work so you would lose your benefits!!!!! What a society…. Almost makes me want to emigrate!!!
thats conservative for you always make the rich richer and the poor poorer always been that way pluse people on benifits have to start paying council tax as well now,i had a letter saying i had to pay so i rang them up to tell them i am on benifits n they said it was right and evryone will have to contribute even if they are on benifits ,