Yes it is for those on benefits but I think the % is too high, set at 14% for one bedroom not being used and 25% for over the one which is considered too many. This means that children (even disabled) will be expected to share, not against children having to share although some disabled children need a room on their own. My gripe with this is that it has seemingly be done with one straight black line - if your on the right side of the line you are ok - but others who do need this extra room for care when ill (such as my daughter) are on the wrong side. I can tell you it is going to cost her £60.00 MORE a month than what she is already paying - with the bedroomtax/ council tax combined. That's an awful lot of money.
problem is it's just being brought in - and dumped on the Local Councils who will then have to sort ot the mess it's leaving.
IMO this should have been implemented at a much lower rate and anyone who wants to rent in the future (council/ private) rented homes be made well aware of the costings.
Couple this with the PIP and universal credit they are bringing in will bring many genuine people to their knees as the system they have devised to re-calculate this is done by points - so very black and white system. i am also told that the people who are interviewing for the changes in this have just 6 WEEKS training! So they are obviously much more ABLE to assess someones condition than the Dr's etc ------ aren't they???? It stinks.
My information is from forums for disabled people who have people on there answering their questions.
I do agree that there are many out there who have jumped onto this benefits system or find it pays to work LESS hours and get the rents paid - that has to be wrong, but the way this witch hunt is being done is wrone ---- remember many innocent people died in the witch hunts!
Now look what you've done --- sent me into a rant
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Topic: Bedroom tax (Read 3432 times)
