SocialHousingWorks

• Comment on: Bedroom tax 'defeated' in the House of Lords

  SocialHousingWorks's comment | 15/12/2011 9:34 am

  The best bit of policy to come out of the HoP in a long time, and the stuffy old Lords meddle with it and we have a dogs breakfast which will be very difficult to administer.
  
  On the bright side, if Labour get back into power they will be able to 'create' a few million new jobs - "no other suitable alternative accommodation is available assessment officers." We could even have a government department for it, and a raft of civil servants with their gold-plated pensions.
  
  Don't worry about the cost because the hard working taxpayer will pay for it. They take us all for mugs.

• Comment on: Bedroom tax 'defeated' in the House of Lords

  SocialHousingWorks's comment | 15/12/2011 9:34 am

  The best bit of policy to come out of the HoP in a long time, and the stuffy old Lords meddle with it and we have a dogs breakfast which will be very difficult to administer.
  
  On the bright side, if Labour get back into power they will be able to 'create' a few million new jobs - "no other suitable alternative accommodation is available assessment officers." We could even have a government department for it, and a raft of civil servants with their gold-plated pensions.
  
  Don't worry about the cost because the hard working taxpayer will pay for it. They take us all for mugs.

• Comment on: Bedroom tax 'defeated' in the House of Lords

  SocialHousingWorks's comment | 15/12/2011 9:30 am

  The solution is simple - charge the market rent for a social property and set the universal benefit at a flat rate for all. As soon as it was costing people money they could have in their pocket to pay for the spare rooms, they will want to move to a smaller house.

• Comment on: Bedroom tax 'defeated' in the House of Lords

  SocialHousingWorks's comment | 15/12/2011 9:30 am

  The solution is simple - charge the market rent for a social property and set the universal benefit at a flat rate for all. As soon as it was costing people money they could have in their pocket to pay for the spare rooms, they will want to move to a smaller house.

• Comment on: £42m HCA affordable homes contracts signed

  SocialHousingWorks's comment | 12/12/2011 12:18 pm

  Affordable Rent would not increase the housing benefit bill if the link between rents and benefits was broken so that people lived within their means.
  
  Lots of people in work at levels higher than the mimimum wage are struggling to find suitable housing, so a change in the allocations policy is also needed.
  
  1. Set universal benefit for everyone of working age at equivalent of 30hrs work @ minimum wage, after tax and NI. No other benefits unless illness/disability.
  
  2. Allocate housing to those in need, based on under/over occupancy of their current home and whether they can domonstrate the ability to pay the rent.
  
  People on HB in expensive houses that many workers can only dream of living in would have to move, reducing rents in those areas to more affordable levels so that people CAN afford to live there.

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