On 22/12/2015 13:32, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:26:12 -0000, Phucker ****er
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 22:10:42 -0000, Big Les Wade
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:07:27 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
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RJH wrote:
On 20/12/2015 08:44, charles wrote:
In article ,
RJH wrote:
On 19/12/2015 21:29, bert wrote:
In article , RJH
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If you understood what the bedroom tax is
.. you wouldn't call it a tax.

Well, it is a tax on people's homes.

No - it's limit on the amount of Benefit they receive.


. . . based on the size of their home.

No. Based on the number of bedrooms and those living in the house.

What if you removed an internal wall and reduced the number of
bedrooms?

This is *rented* accommodation, ****wit. They don't have that choice.

Don't tell the landlord.

You have to otherwise you still get slugged the bedroom tax.

And what about people on benefits with their own homes?

They don't get the housing benefit being discussed.

They get mortgage assistance. Why is that not limited to the right
number of bedrooms too?

In your dreams. The mortgage assistance is only after being unable to
pay after a year, and then less than the typical mortgage interest rate,
and then only on a limited amount.

That amount wouldn't buy a room in most parts of the country.