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Permission to use rent income for welfare support fund
A council has got permission from the housing minister to use money from rental income to set up a £420,000 fund to support tenants…
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LAs piloting Benefit cap – say grant is not enough
The first councils to test the government’s new benefit cap have warned they have not received enough money to implement the changes. Enfield, Croydon,…
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Housing Organisations manage welfare reform changes
Popular headlines may have focused on the impact of the bedroom tax, but this month has seen approximately 10 major changes to welfare (depending…
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Welfare Reform – areas worst hit
Urban areas in the north and central London will be hit hardest by the bedroom tax, according to new research. A study by Sheffield…
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Rumour about prayer rooms and bedroom tax – its wrong!
The NHF have published the following note on their linked in site: We’ve been alerted on Facebook to a rumour circulating about designating bedrooms…
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New report on full impact of welfare reforms
The research was jointly funded by Sheffield Hallam, the Scottish Parliament and the Financial Times, and it shows that once welfare reforms are fully…
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Return fo the rent collector?
Great job, I used to do this when I first left college – will it come back now that tenants will again pay their rent when Universal…
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Chair of TPAS speaks about articles on Welfare Reform
If there’s one issue that’s been most divisive in the debate over welfare reform, it’s been the rhetoric over “strivers” and “scroungers”. So when Eastlands…
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Personal Independence Payments (PIP) – advice and toolkit
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has now introduced a Personal Independence Payment (PIP)to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for eligible working age…
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Welfare Reform – a useful summary
The government’s welfare reform programme is the biggest change to the UK’s welfare benefits system for 60 years. It will affect working age social…
