Bedroom tax.......revisited.

[Kurt.]

So, I heard on the radio today that since the bedroom tax had been introduced thousands of occupiers of local authority have fallen into arrears with their rent. Now, the Government insists that his is not a trend being set but merely teething problems whilst people get used to the new system.

My own thoughts are that the peopl who make these stupid decisions are so far detached from reality to really understand the impact this is having on low income families.

Discuss.

Maybe.

 

[Goat]

Back in my day I shared a room with my rabbit.

 

[Brennan]

They're talking about it on QT now.

 

[Coach]

Back in my day I shared a room with my rabbit.

Alright Lucien

 

[Kurt.]

They're talking about it on QT now.

Damn... Forgot that was on tonight... I'm in bed quite ill....... Ironically I'm in the spare bedroom tonight !!

 

[Pat's Van]

Alright Lucien

Elmer Fudd likes this

 

[neil999]

It isn't a tax

 

[Kurt.]

It isn't a tax

I agree...




It's a punishment to low income families.

 

[neil999]

I agree...




It's a punishment to low income families.

Possibly, I just hope people find out what it is before commenting, the misinformation on this is incredible

 

[Kurt.]

Possibly, I just hope people find out what it is before commenting, the misinformation on this is incredible

Enlighten us then please oh great learned one.

 

[orchard]

Possibly, I just hope people find out what it is before commenting, the misinformation on this is incredible

Isn't it society absolving itself of the responsibility of providing foc bedrooms beyond the number necessary to those who are too poor to provide their own accommodation via their own means -- and it's crass implementation by yet another incompetent central government?

 

[evilwebby]

Most of them live in bigger houses than the rest of us.

 

[orchard]

Most of them live in bigger houses than the rest of us.

You can't just drop that in without any justification surely Webby!

 

[BigBlueConk]

I have a 3 bedroom house. The cats have a bedroom each, I sleep on the sofa.

It is very taxing.

 

[Tubey]

Seen it in action locally - although it doesn't effect me directly. To me, the Spare Room Subsidy comes off as a really poorly conceived, terribly executed policy that is causing more harm than it has any right to.

It doesn't work solely because there's a lack of one and two bedroom accommodation, so people who are in two/three/four bedroom properties who are hurt most by this "tax" are unable to do anything about it because it's implausible to move out.

Not only that, it'll get worse as time goes by. Kids move out, rooms become spare, but there aren't enough properties for the parents to move to.

For it to work, there'd have to be a massive building project across the country, which would decimate green belts and eat up any savings in the public purse this subsidy would have achieved anyway.

In short, it needs to be ditched. It's a failed gimmick.