Not only do you clearly lack any level of humanity, you are completely incorrect. There is no additional housing. There is not an abundance of suitable property waiting for people to move into smaller accommodation. Ask ANY housing association. This is a policy that disproportionately targets the most vulnerable members of society. It is inexcusable. How can a reduction in handouts be a tax?! All the government is saying is that if they refuse to move to alternative free accomodation, more suited to thieir actual requirement then they should do so, or pay a surcharge for the luxury of being greedy and intransigent.
By refusing to move, they are being selfish and denying the house to people who actually need it. These peope should be forcibly evicted to more suitable premises. No discussion necessary. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Search for:.
Blog Admin September 23rd, Creating hardship Those affected by the policy have been hit hard. Targeting for self-eviction People like Williams have two options: they can either find ways of making up for the shortfall or they move to a different property. Undermining basic rights The bedroom tax is one of the most controversial policies implemented by the Coalition government which came into power in About the author Blog Admin. Pingback: British bedroom tax making people homeless Dear Kitty.
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Accept all Reject all. Functional This helps each part of our website work properly. Functional On Off. Analytics This improves our website by collecting anonymous information on how people use it. Analytics On Off. Marketing We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive. Marketing On Off. It is not possible for them, because my daughter studies very hard, and the little one is a baby. They live by themselves in rooms now, but I have to pay because by law, I have a spare room.
I've heard of a couple of people … who … moved from family homes to smaller properties and they're struggling, they're heartbroken. They've got memories in their family homes and they're stuck in a one-bedroom flat in high-rise flats.
So it's just a shame. I don't know how the government and the council and people like that can put people through this sort of pain. As well as having strong attachment to living within their community, many participants had made considerable monetary investments in their homes over the years.
Either from a voluntary desire to decorate their house, to a more necessary need to furnish and floor empty properties, or to invest in adaptations to make their living spaces appropriate for health problems or disabilities.
Participants lacked the capital to repeat such investments, as well as expenses attached to moving and re-furbishing Box 4. This included accommodating children in part-time custodial arrangements, siblings of different ages and needs, children, grandchildren, or having a spare bedroom for carers or couples who sleep apart due to health problems.
Moving to a smaller property had negative consequences on family and community life Box 4. To our knowledge, this is the first in depth qualitative study of the impact of the bedroom tax. The findings clearly demonstrate that the tax is associated with a disquieting amount of financial hardship. Coping strategies resulted in poorer diets, inadequately heated homes and restricted opportunities for social engagement, disrupting family and community support networks.
Contrary to government assertions, 2 our participants perceived that their health and wellbeing was adversely affected. Monitoring the health impact of the bedroom tax or other welfare changes is challenging not least because it is not yet possible to disaggregate routine health datasets by benefit receipt.
This study therefore provides important insights into the day-to-day reality of lowered incomes in a relatively short time after the policy's implementation. The bedroom tax negatively affected individuals, families and communities. Paying the bedroom tax significantly compromised adherence to a healthy diet which is more costly than less healthy options.
Mechanisms which have been proposed to lead to increased health inequalities include decreased incomes, increased food poverty, increased stigmatization and decreased housing security, 10 all of which we observed. This study highlights the abject situation of those affected by the bedroom tax and adds to an increasing body of work which shows that conceptualizing poverty as an individual deficit, arising from personal inadequacy is misguided.
Participants were tenants who attended an advice session. We therefore did not recruit residents who were unconnected to local services providing assistance with the bedroom tax. Nor were we able to recruit full-time employees on low incomes. This is an important group to include in future research, especially in the light of the large growth of in-work poverty and continuing reliance of many low income workers on benefits.
Moreover, accounts of those affected by the bedroom tax were corroborated by service providers as being widespread throughout the community, indicating that our findings are not confined only to those tenants we interviewed.
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