Time To Add Another Link...
Talking about the recent statement in Parliament and the cuts planned to our most vulnerable I mentioned the changes to Social Housing and earlier a blog site showing the plight of the ill and vulnerable...I'm afraid unless you have experience of caring for or have to ask for help yourself often it is believed that what help there is easier to obtain and greater than it really is and so any cut in what is already available is frightening and stressful.
So I am adding another link to another blog which I think deserves publicity.
To be honest I am unsure that in the current climate it will make any difference. I'd like to think that it might.
The Broken Of Britain
Update:Some Lib Dems are showing a possible revolt and may try to reverse/change some of the proposals on Housing but it's too early to decide if people can rejoice. Any change may be small...time will tell.
Some Lib Dems have said they do not know all the details and need to know more(as does the public)
As said earlier there is a cap on how much help you can obtain but at a time when more unemployment is likely and jobs are often poorly paid those caught without a job after a year were also to see the help reduced by another 10% when you are already struggling.
And another bit of information that came to light today is that the properties that are being threatened of having rents increased up to 80% and the average house prices of the area will be the guide and it seems the homes caught in this proposal are those run by Housing Associations...
Guess what most of this area has been turned over to various housing associations/charities...
And in these days where they have been pushing higher education and Universities you will always need sadly people willing to do menial, low paid work and it's been said that if the poor move out of of the capital and similar areas, just who is going to clean the streets, the office blocks etc...and how many of those living up to 70 miles away could afford to or should be expected to travel into somewhere like London daily?
In some ways it could be argued that someone doing some of these menial tasks should actually be paid more because often it is very physical work or is done during unsociable hours and it might give a kind of reward for what for many is probably not very enjoyable either.
It's not going to happen...
So I am adding another link to another blog which I think deserves publicity.
To be honest I am unsure that in the current climate it will make any difference. I'd like to think that it might.
The Broken Of Britain
Update:Some Lib Dems are showing a possible revolt and may try to reverse/change some of the proposals on Housing but it's too early to decide if people can rejoice. Any change may be small...time will tell.
Some Lib Dems have said they do not know all the details and need to know more(as does the public)
As said earlier there is a cap on how much help you can obtain but at a time when more unemployment is likely and jobs are often poorly paid those caught without a job after a year were also to see the help reduced by another 10% when you are already struggling.
And another bit of information that came to light today is that the properties that are being threatened of having rents increased up to 80% and the average house prices of the area will be the guide and it seems the homes caught in this proposal are those run by Housing Associations...
Guess what most of this area has been turned over to various housing associations/charities...
And in these days where they have been pushing higher education and Universities you will always need sadly people willing to do menial, low paid work and it's been said that if the poor move out of of the capital and similar areas, just who is going to clean the streets, the office blocks etc...and how many of those living up to 70 miles away could afford to or should be expected to travel into somewhere like London daily?
In some ways it could be argued that someone doing some of these menial tasks should actually be paid more because often it is very physical work or is done during unsociable hours and it might give a kind of reward for what for many is probably not very enjoyable either.
It's not going to happen...
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 4:11 pm
4 Comments:
Of course the "fairness" debate comes into it, what needs reform is the way the whole system is administered as it seems many landlords exacerbate the situation by targeting those on benefits - the landlord receives the housing benefit! And is it fair some families on benefits have been able to live in homes that most working families can't afford...
There are some things that need sorting like the mobilty help that many disabled get, I don't understand all the details yet - I need to read up on what is happening/planned.
Someone asked the other day, if all the lower paid/unemployed, vulnerable are moved out because they are priced out of the area...who will be there to do themenial low paid work they originally were doing such as cleaning the streets, office blocks and so on?
Especially, if they have to travel into the area. It has also been said if the "Poor" are moved to cheaper areas, chances are the councils and those areas jobwise and socially will be already struggling and this influx will make the situation worse.
Who knows?
Gildy, many of the measures will not be implemented for some time, some only affect new situations (not existing arrangements) and others are freezes rather than cuts...and the caps are what? 500 quid a week for 4 bedrooms? Come on...
It will be more of a problem in city areas especially London and the South in general though some areas in the North(Manchester)which is being regenerated will see similar problems in time I am sure.
In truth the rents and prices of properties should be reduced and if that happened that could mean less help would be required and people could live more within their means.
If this happened that would be like giving someone a wage rise.
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