The Vulnerable Continue To Be Villified Part 2...
When I mentioned Social Housing earlier and the reduction in help towards the paying of rent, I criticised the media as they often make it look as though everyone is living in a large property and are always unemployed and are not trying to find work but there are so many variables why you could be suddenly in such a situation.
How many who do move into cheaper properties voluntarily or because they lose the property find that it's not too long before it also sneaks up in price and you'll be moving again. You are battling against the fact that these days more than ever few jobs are for life. So your situation changes more often and you are not able to say how things will be one year to the next.
So this horror story is being broadcast on LBC today(and I suspect other areas of the UK will be affected)
I think the estimated figure for this move is 200,000 people/families and yes there is talk of people being moved into Bed and Breakfast again.
Now if all the poor are moved you'll create ghettos and the rich will all be living in one area and their lifestyles will improve and the poor will continue to become poorer.
I notice the ever popular Government spokesman is quoted in the article as saying..."There is no evidence of these claims. Some private landlords target those on Housing Benefit because they can command higher rents from tenants causing a knock on effect on rents in the area. The current way that it is administered is unfair. It's not right that some families on benefits have been able to live in homes that most working families could not afford."
People might be able to afford to continue living where they are with some of the cuts(it won't be easy)if they'd drop the idea of raising rents.
As if you cap the help you are giving and raise rents you are being squeezed from both ends.
If vacated I think it's a fair bet the properties will be bought up by private Landlords and they'll never ever be available again to the average person. Or if people on a higher income move in, wasn't this the reason given for the changes that if you are "better off" you move so those on lower incomes have access to affordable housing?"
Unless all MP's other than the coalition and some of the Lib Dems(approx 25)decide to vote against this, it will become law.
I don't know if the next Government could/would overturn this but by then all the damage would've been done and probably could not be reversed.
How many who do move into cheaper properties voluntarily or because they lose the property find that it's not too long before it also sneaks up in price and you'll be moving again. You are battling against the fact that these days more than ever few jobs are for life. So your situation changes more often and you are not able to say how things will be one year to the next.
So this horror story is being broadcast on LBC today(and I suspect other areas of the UK will be affected)
I think the estimated figure for this move is 200,000 people/families and yes there is talk of people being moved into Bed and Breakfast again.
Now if all the poor are moved you'll create ghettos and the rich will all be living in one area and their lifestyles will improve and the poor will continue to become poorer.
I notice the ever popular Government spokesman is quoted in the article as saying..."There is no evidence of these claims. Some private landlords target those on Housing Benefit because they can command higher rents from tenants causing a knock on effect on rents in the area. The current way that it is administered is unfair. It's not right that some families on benefits have been able to live in homes that most working families could not afford."
People might be able to afford to continue living where they are with some of the cuts(it won't be easy)if they'd drop the idea of raising rents.
As if you cap the help you are giving and raise rents you are being squeezed from both ends.
If vacated I think it's a fair bet the properties will be bought up by private Landlords and they'll never ever be available again to the average person. Or if people on a higher income move in, wasn't this the reason given for the changes that if you are "better off" you move so those on lower incomes have access to affordable housing?"
Unless all MP's other than the coalition and some of the Lib Dems(approx 25)decide to vote against this, it will become law.
I don't know if the next Government could/would overturn this but by then all the damage would've been done and probably could not be reversed.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 9:36 am
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Gildy, read this...
http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2010/10/draconian-housing-benefit-cuts-do-us.html
In Westminster council area:
"At present we have 26 families on £1,600-a-week rents, which you could only afford on a salary of £250,000. About 900 families have rents of £500, for which you would need a salary of £75,000."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/neilobrien1/100061131/why-the-left-are-wrong-about-the-housing-reforms/
"The Government estimates 21,000 households are due to be affected by the cap – 17,000 of them in London. That is around 0.3% of the people claiming out of work benefits."
I will look your articles over Span...
I'm not batting for one side nor against the rich as such, both are needed to make society work to some extent and most of any society is trying to raise their living standards but the gap seems to be widening.
Iain Dale can be heard most weeknights 7pm-10pm on LBC(also streamed)and he appears often on Radio 5 so I get to hear his views quite often.
If you are near your laptop you probably can listen if you wish.
Again, that is quite a small percentage in reality it would appear, then again the Governemnet are using London as their guide but it's probably a special case. As many large cities are...
London is a special case and privately or authority rented properties or bought property is extreme and bloated.
No wonder people have difficulty getting their foot on the property ladder and again many countries in Europe are more into renting than buying which makes the UK a little different.
I think what may prove to be worse could be talk of the increasing rents on properties which may mean again looking for help towards costs...rents need to be pegged or reduced.
In reality wages need to be increased or kept at a decent level so it's not all being spent on keeping a roof over your head.
It's not helped by the fact that you have to also find council tax on top of the rent.
Hard to believe that Britain had a Poll Tax in it's distant past, that was done away with and then brought back in all but name.
It's a wonder the Window Tax hasn't been re-introduced.
Its much more complicated.
I agree it isn't simple. The problem is rents adjusted to claim the benefit, the more the government gives the more the rents rise as the landlords know what the people are getting! A complete mess.
I do think this is a step in the right direction but it is by no means the whole solution.
I asked Iain Dale if they do a podcast or something but if it is streamed online I may have a listen. Apparently the other day they had a great show re the firemen's proposed 5th nov strike.
His show is 7pm-10pm(GMT)as of Monday(I think)
You can download every programme(without ads)from LBC but they charge £2 per month. As much as you like...
He often reviews the newspapers on Radio 5 on Saturday night at Midnight on Stephen Nolan's programme for approx 30 minutes and I think that is available as a stream or on the BBC I-Player if you can access that in Spain...
LBC is listened to all over the world.
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