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Bedroom tax – an alternative to payment
South Liverpool Housing (SLH) have a great idea to support their tenants. SLH is covering bedroom tax shortfalls for tenants to incentivise take-up of…
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Discretionary Housing Payments – latest
There is much confusion and difference in practices between LAs on when discretionary payments will be made to cover the shortfall in housing benefit.…
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United Nations investigate bedroom tax
Raquel Rolnik, a special rapporteur on housing for the United Nations, is on a two-week tour of British cities to scrutinise the impact of the bedroom…
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National Audit office critisise plans for Universal Credit
The government’s Universal Credit programme has been poorly managed and has had serious IT problems, according to a highly critical report published today by the National…
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Approach to bedroom tax at Housing Hartlepool
A worrying picture is emerging within sections of modern day Britain with more people struggling to support their families and keep a roof over…
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Bolton at Homes discuss their no homelessness guarantee for bedroom tax arrears
In all the claims and counter claims made about the bedroom tax, little has been said about its impact on unaffected tenants and housing associations…
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Conversion of bedroom to bathroom to avoid bedroom tax
A Merseyside social landlord is set to convert bedrooms into bathrooms to protect its residents from the impact Discretionary Housing Payment reforms – otherwise…
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Delegation of Discretionary Payments to Social Landlords in Islington
A council is delegating power to housing associations to decide who receives discretionary housing payments and emergency loans in a bid to speed up…
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August Welfare Reform update
National Housing Federation welfare reform update has just been published with latest policy updates and news on our work. Update – Welfare Reform Update…
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Impact of welfare reform
An analysis of the government’s welfare reforms, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA), has found that less than a quarter of welfare recipients will be…
