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Originally posted by The Spartan View PostMy Mum lives in a rented HA property and she has recently had a new boiler and radiators installed along with a new kitchen and flooring etc none of which came at any expense to her. She's never had to pay for anything in all the time she's been at council or HA properties, it's probably why she has such a large amount of disposable income to spunk away on alcohol and bingo.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostLOL. Spartie mun you can't have a dig at your mother!In Scooter we trustComment
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I think part of the problem with the bedroom tax is that it's applied blindly and a lot of newer properties are rather creative in their definition of what a "bedroom" is, so I'm sympathetic to people who are being squeezed further when there's been so much regressive tax policy over the past fifteen years with binning lower tax brackets and such.
I'm renting a two-bed flat with the other bedroom being for my daughter on the two-three nights a week she's with me, but I could use an extra bedroom for guests/storage. I can see situations where people could end up with an extra bedroom and not be taking the piss.
After being made redundant I could not believe how crap statutory redundancy pay is. Surprising that more people aren't on JSA or moved into social housing, really. I'm just glad I scored a contract job quickly enough to not see how long it would take me to end up on JSA and have to move!Comment
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