1 week to impending homelessness crisis. (Starting Jan 2012)

[chem1st]

A little birdie tells me there'll be some jobs going at the job centre as unemployment rockets further.

 

Anyhow. In one week from now, the benefit system is going to change.

 

Previously unemployed people under 25 were entitled to the shared room amount. (And not the amount required to rent a 1 bed property)

This will be extended to people under 35.

 

If your under 35 and living in a 1 bedroom+ property this is going to affect you.

 

But not only this, LHA cuts will finally work through the system.

If you claim any form of local housing allowance it's going to drop. Be you in work, on the dole or on the fiddle.

 

Don't worry. This is actually a blessing in disguise. This is going to be good for Britain and make working more financially viable. But only if you know what to do.

 

You MUST DEMAND RENT REDUCTION. Be you in work, on the dole etc.

 

When LHA was £60 you couldn't rent anywhere for less than £60.

Now it's going to reduce to £50, you'll be able to rent property for as low as £50.

 

Do not consider this as a cut in benefits, consider this as a cut in your rent, and for those making the transition from dole to work, they will be better off, as they will be earning more of their earnings for themselves and not for their landlords.

 

Homeowners/mortgagees your property will be worth less, but fear not, property is for living it, not a means of investment to get rich without working. Live in it and worry not of the price.

 

Buy to let investors, you were warned, you were greedy, and by trying to exploit the needy, by God you shall learn your lesson.

 

However this ain't going to be a smooth process, unless everyone demands rent reduction, and landlords accept it. There is going to be a huge short-term spike in homelessness. Buy to let investors will go bust (some will probably kill themselves - let's hope they don't, but more importantly, that they don't kill anyone else), and property will become more affordable.

 

If you are caught up in this crisis in any shape or form, just remember this is necessary to restore the work ethic.

Workers need the fruits of their own labour, they can't give them all to a Rachman. The Rachman must get up off his own arse and support himself. Rachman must have his benefit cut.

 

DEMAND RENT REDUCTION

[Rich]

Meh, it's Christmas Eve and you're harping on about homelessness?

[Tonetwo90]

Also! What we need todo is keep importing people. For every extra person on the dole we need to import one legal person and one illegal person. Any other option is racist.

[discodown]

He's also wrong.

 

The shared room rate is not changing in a weeks time.

 

The shared room rate is not dropping in a weeks time.

 

There was also something on the news about a week ago that said that although Yorkshire and particularly South Yorkshire is one of the cheapest places in the country to rent private rent prices were actually increasing at a rate outstripping the rest of the country

[chem1st]

Meh, it's Christmas Eve and you're harping on about homelessness?

 

If you want to get all festive and promote goodwill, buy a big issue or donate some money to CRISIS.

 

And when your biting into a turkey, considering a young child starving to death.

 

Xmas ain't supposed to be about consumerism.

[discodown]

Xmas ain't supposed to be about consumerism.

Neither is it supposed to be about scaremongering or lying

[Rich]

If you want to get all festive and promote goodwill, buy a big issue or donate some money to CRISIS.

 

And when your biting into a turkey, considering a young child starving to death.

 

Xmas ain't supposed to be about consumerism.

 

I'll donate to CRISIS, won't be much but it's the thought that counts.

 

Eh?! Smallest donation is £23?! I can't afford that!

[chem1st]

He's also wrong.

 

The shared room rate is not changing in a weeks time.

 

The shared room rate is not dropping in a weeks time.

 

There was also something on the news about a week ago that said that although Yorkshire and particularly South Yorkshire is one of the cheapest places in the country to rent private rent prices were actually increasing at a rate outstripping the rest of the country

Many people will be finally moved onto the SRR from the 1bed rate.

 

The 30th percentile cuts will also come in for many who had the 9month grace period.

 

LHA payments are going DOWN. Rents must follow.

[chem1st]

http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2011-12-20-Warning-of-catastrophic-wave-of-homelessness-ahead-of-further-benefit-cuts

 

Homelessness charity Crisis has warned the Government of an impending "catastrophe" ahead of further housing benefit cuts due to come in from next month.

 

From January, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) caps come in for existing claimants - as does the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR) extension. The latter will see those aged 35 or under receive only the lower shared room rate rather than the full rate for a one-bed flat. Previously the lower benefit only applied to those under 25.

 

Duncan Shrubsole, director of policy at Crisis, said the charity was "very worried". He said: "We're going to see people getting into real difficulties - just hanging in there, facing eviction and then potentially being uprooted and homeless."

 

Under the Government's plans, LHA will be capped at £400 for a four-bed home, £340 for a three-bed home, £290 for a two-bed home and £250 for a one bed home. The caps for new claimants came in from April this year.

 

Claimants will also be forced to find accommodation among the cheapest third of properties.

 

In the Government's impact assessment for LHA reform between 2011-12, it put the estimated number of those losing out at 936,960. These claimants, it said, faced losing an average of £12 a week.

 

In terms of the SAR extension, people making new claims from 1 January 2012 will be affected straight away. Existing claimants will be affected nine months after their claim is reassessed.

 

Back in July Crisis revealed that the impact of the SAR extension would be far reaching.

 

It said around 62,500 people will initially be affected, with the average loss being £41 per week. It warned that the cuts will mean that most affected by this cut will lose their homes.

 

Shrubsole added: "We have been warning the Government about this catastrophe for months."

 

Earlier this month, 24dash reported how the number of homeless households put into bed and breakfast (B&B) hotels has risen from 2,660 to 3,370 compared to this time last year.

[discodown]

LHA payments are going down but only because the 9 month grace period is over. People on housing benefit should be aware of this. Landlords are aware of this. Landlords have already been dropping their rents in areas popular with tenants who claim HB.

 

35 year olds will not be subjected to the shared room rate in a week. To say they will is scaremongering at best and lying at worst.