GIVE THE DOG A BONE . . . BETTER STILL CAN I HAVE ITS KENNEL ?

A bedroom tax for those in need of social housing what is wrong with it . . . . ?

Well for a start it has been brought into action far too quick . . .  

From a government who just does but never thinks . . . .

It is the rules of social housing that need to be changed . . . .

And that in its self could have been started 1^st April 2014 . . . .

Social housing is supposed to be given as needed . . . .

As a family expands so does the needs for more bedrooms . . . .

But as the dire need to house single people many were given 2 bedroom places some times more to live !

Was or is this their fault . . . . ?

Those on benefit were accommodated providing their rent did not exceed the single persons allowance for that area . . . .

And if the rent exceeded this allowance the remainder of the rent was payable whether social or private but knowable prior to that person or persons agreeing on that rent contract . . . . !

If this situation was now to be reversed just say by a set date rather than a tax . . . .

Where accommodation was held back till more suitable accomodation to that person or family needs became available . . . .  

The first thing you would see is an influx of these person or persons having to hang about a lot longer on a all ready long waiting list . . . . !

And this goes on and on depending on the amount of people within a family requiring accommodation and each family needs to the size of accommodation required . . . .

Is this the fault of the persons concerned . . . . ?

“Well” in an answer no . . . .

That’s the system for you . . . .

But a lot of people on benefits are about to pay the price for being poorly accommodated . . . .

Head of households whose families had now grown up and moved on “Well”

If it had been stated this accommodation was to have been given to you as a social need only for the amount of members within that family and once that need was up you would in effect be upgraded or downgraded as needs required as in a in bred law then . . . .

Being told that if you did not accept this a bedroom tax would then be payable . . . .

Then people would accept this . . . .

But to hit this on people who are not in a postion at this very moment in time to be able to find more suitable accomodation and then to be able to move . . . .

After all there is there not a resession on at this given time . . . . ?

And did you give any consideration to the very high costs of such a removel for any of these people . . . ?  

A years grace would have been nice than a just lets slam them with this and be damned . . . .  

But the way it is now it is lets extract as much as we can before they sink atittude . . . .

And I mean sink this with other cuts to benefits will only add to people going into arrears but "Hey" no worries you can always get a job . . . . !

These wishing to stay in their now under occupied housing and can afford it well just maybe the then tax collected from such persons whose choice is of their own could then given to area councils towards building more accommodation as are readily required for the now smaller family or single person . . . .

But to just barge in without a proper thought throwing everyone in to disarray, stress and into a situation they can ill afford will take its toll . . . .

It would have been far so better to say starting from now that accomodation will only be given to suit ones needs and no benefit will be given on over sizing yourself, extra rooms will have to be paid for . . . . ! 

Exceptions to the rule should have been allowed . . . . !

Those heavily disabled whose housing has been adapted solely for them; foster parents should also be in the exception, do they not after all look after the children whom actually come from inadequate social housing in the first place, the very elderly, and the mental ill  . . . . ?

Young adults between the ages of 16 to 21 as after all do these people not receive a much lower level of benefit than a adult over the age of 21 . . . . ?

Strange world because the price of a loaf of bread and a pint of milk costs the same to all no matter what age you are, as are all essential commodities . . . .

By all accounts it is fair by far that this in bred “no worries attitude” we can just be accommodated and live off the state when we leave school has to end . . . .

If morally unadjusted young girls are brought up to think it is ok to have sex outside of marriage when they are in no way in a position to then support themselves or their child “Gawd forbid” as if they did not learn their lesson the first time round, the many more children they then go on to have usually by other different fathers who just never seem to be around to foot the bill for those just children . . . . !

And if the then wayward fathers are then left to get away with it . . . .

Then you can hardly expect them to realise that social housing is a necessity of need not a plain “Hand it to me on a plate” exception . . . .

If this government really want turn this “Hand it to me a plate” attitude on it's head then working towards changing social attitudes is an upmost must . . . .

Remarks such as how will people on benefits cope without their satellite TVs, cigarettes, drinking and even holidays habits may have been held up as stereotyping all people on benefits, but “Hey” let’s get this right benefits are a means to get you through to better times not a lifelong holiday paid by the hard working taxpayer . . . . !

So what do I think of this bedroom tax . . . . ?

It is just another gimmick from a government as how to get their hands on more money as usual from the wrong people and very badly thought out . . . .

Which could in the end see the very people we should be protecting out on the streets . . . . !

At a time when the governments are asking councils to cut back on much needed social funds but at the same time giving people claiming rent allowances the responsibility of paying their own rent given to them again by the hard working tax payer and to which are now running councils into millions in rent arrears "Beggars belief . . .  

And then the all ready hard working tax payer have to foot out the bill to recover this massive fallout from benefit receivers who for one reason or another ran up these huge amounts of rent arrears . . . !

I say send these "Who ever dreamt this one up" goverment officials back to the class room to re-sit their maths tests . . . .

Because in the end it ends up costing more to clean up the mess left behind by all of this . . . . !

How can a government bellow out a so called "Bedroom tax" solely for those on benefits when they would be able to claim so much more from the 7 under used bedrooms of the rich . . . . ?

Since when has it been a crime for your family to grow up and leave home . . . ?

For the so called "Bedroom tax" What should have been brought in was an easing of movement of moving single persons and families who now have properties to large for their needs into more suitable accommodation as a new found law without penalties and only those and I mean only those who are not prepared to give up their under used propeties a tax or levy . . . .

Because remember paying extra tax or a levy in not giving accomodation up but just being made to pay for it . . . .

So just where in all of this does this help the housing market I have no idea . . . .

That/those vital room/rooms are still taken . . . . !

Does anyone add up the amount of social accomodation that is taking up by immigrants, refugees and ayslum seekers, not who pays their rent I may add, just the amount of housing that is swallowed up by the continued influx of people entering this country with many of them sitting in housing far to big for their needs . . . . ? 

Just remember folks when the government are out there trying to hit out at their own end of the market they tend to complain and have whatever ruling over ruled . . . .

“No” smoking in the work place unless of course you just happen to work in the “House of Commons”

On a account they work long hours and it is a stressful job . . . .

Well I know a awful lot of people who work long hours and are totally stressed out just trying to make ends meet while those that work in the "House of Commons" are thinking up yet another idea as just how to get their hands on that hard earned money you have stressed yourself out to get just to get you through another day . . . .

Do me . . . .

Indiana Shaw . . .