General Discussion
BBC News Spotlight programme at 6.30pm today (Tues.) and then at the same time again tomorrow will be looking at the Welfare Cuts and their impact in the south-west.
From an article in today's online Inside Housing "The government has introduced a range of housing benefit reforms, including capping payments for tenants in the private rented sector. Next week further changes will come into force, when the social housing under-occupation penalty, or ‘bedroom tax’, begins, and from October housing benefit will start to be paid to tenants rather than direct to ...
I agree with you Kenny that there is a problem of housing supply vs housing demand not only in the private open market sector but also in the social housing sector. So if demand outstrips supply then surely more homes (both open market and social housing) need to be built? I understand there are some two million on housing waiting lists. Some 600,000 people will be affected by the bedroom ...
The lead story in this week's Newton Abbot Mid-Devon Advertiser concerns a Mr & Mrs Haden who are social housing tenants in Buckland. Unfortunately, they have fallen foul of the Bedroom Tax and the article explains the difficulties they have had/are having with finding alternative, affordable, secure accommodation. The article concludes by saying "Mrs Haden is keen to hear from others worried ...
Government is presently laying off armed service personnel so I don't think A) is an option. And with regards to B) I think you'll find that hostel accommodation, old hotels and similar accommodation is already in use. A Devon MP quotes the following as being the national figures for those needing housing: "250,000 living in overcrowded accommodation and two million on the housing waiting ...
Fred - 'affordable' rents were introduced by the government in 2010. 'Affordable' rents are higher than social housing rents (social housing rents are typically 50%-60% of the local private sector rents). However, although 'Affordable' rents are up to 80% of the local private sector rents they are 'affordable' because they are cheaper than renting in the private sector. (Government's ...
Braved the weather and went down to the M. House. Apologies to Barratts if I have any of this wrong but I am doing it from memory as there was no literature about these proposals that could be taken away to be looked at. So all of the info below is from my memory. New Plans There is still a play space but it is in a different location from that put forward in the outline planning ...
For those of us who are facebook adverse and don't have fb accounts we can't access the info that is going on the local fb websites about the weather and consequent floods, landslips etc. So just wondered if info could be posted on here as well as on EoD? I've just got this off BBC Devon Travelnews website: "Elsewhere in Devon, a landslip has closed a long stretch of the A379 road in ...
Yes I know it would be costly. Very. But if the sea levels continue to rise..............?
Believe they've been dropped publicly (but I do wonder if are there any non public contingency plans for an inland route for sometime in the future. Rising sea levels, 'n all that.)
