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How low can bedroom tax bullies go?
A report to day said blind widow Helen Sockell,has received a warning letter of eviction just weeks after the hated bedroom tax was introduced by the lib con government.it was issued by the S N P and Tory administration. source @ WWW.DAILYRECORD.CO.UK
@ James Not a subject for humour @ .Bundles AS for paying tax why can it be alright for us all to pay taxes on wage increases to M P s to give tax relief to millionaires ,but to help the underprivileged cut benefits to the unemployed impose bedroom tax on the blind the handicapped is seen as o k ? THAT IS ALL WRONG. especially since nothing was put in place to give these people a one bedroom house to move in to . result homelessness another burden on us all .
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
The whole policy is sick. Anyone who has a family council house has it because they once needed it. They were given the home due to the fact that they have a family to live in it. It is their family home. They brought their kids up there. They should not be forced to leave. If they wish to downsize then fine but they should never be forced. Certainly not because the ConDems want to save a few quid so their millionaire mates can have a tax cut. This needs to stop.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
If it is an agency of government, if it is a matter of uncollected taxes, the government have absolutely no sense of humor, and are devoid of ANY human compassion.
- JoeLv 68 years ago
Are you suggesting that tax payers should pay for people to live in houses that are bigger than they need? How is that fair?
It is not a tax. It is a reduction is public subsidy from tax payers money that is taken from hard working people who are also feeling the pain of recession and historical slackness in the control of public expenditure.
I think that the biggest failure of the policy that saw reduced subsidies for those in bigger social housing than they need is the fact the government and local councils have FAILED to provide adequate alternative housing.
If we want social housing tenants to be in appropriately sized housing, we need to BUILD a range of property sizes, STOP council house sales, introduce FIXED TERM TENANCIES (renewable according to need) and move towards MARKET RENTS (with means tested reductions for those in genuine need) so those who can afford to pay market rents have no incentive to block access to social housing for those in greater need. If you can afford to buy your council house ... WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU DOING STILL LIVING THERE?
Only when we have done some of those those things should we be talking about evicting people who find themselves in dire financial difficulties following a reduction in their housing subsidy.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Sky is the limit.:)
