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Informing tenants about Welfare Reform
Here is a useful guide to what you need to inform tenants about on Welfare reform from the CIH How do I tell tenants…
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Have DWP over estimated savings in introducing the bedroom tax
University and social landlord collaborative research has found the Department of Work and Pensions may have significantly over-estimated the savings from the bedroom tax.…
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High Court Ruling on Benefit Cap expected within a month
The High Court will decide whether the government’s benefit cap regime breaches the human rights of the vulnerable ‘within a month’, after a legal…
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Arrears spiral in Merseyside due to bedroom tax
Rent arrears in Merseyside have spiralled six months after the introduction of the government’s controversial bedroom tax, a survey of social landlords has found.…
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Speed dating for mutual exchanges
The lack of affordable homes and its impact on the mobility of social housing tenants remains a major concern for the sector. Now, with the welfare benefit…
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Judge finds bedroom tax is a breach of human rights for disabled person
Applying the bedroom tax to a couple who cannot share a room because of one partner’s disability is a breach of their human rights,…
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The first bedroom tax challenges – the detail of the decisions
The first tribunal rulings on bedroom tax appeals have emerged – and Inside Housing reveasl the full details. Four out of five appeals brought…
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Real Life reforms – the impact of Welfare Reform (Report 1)
Nearly two thirds of households in Real Life Reform’s study on the impact of the government’s welfare reforms have less than £10 per week to live…
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51% of tenants unable to pay their rent – April to June 2013
A survey of 51 English housing associations by the National Housing Federation reveals 51 per cent of tenants affected were not able to pay…
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More than 50,00 council tenants at risk of eviction over bedroom tax
False Economy submitted freedom of information requests to local authorities across the UK and 114 provided figures of arrears since April which show the…
