People Aged Under 25 Could Lose Housing Benefit

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Apr 5 2012 10:45
People Aged Under 25 Could Lose Housing Benefit

Take a look at this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9186890/Young-unemployed-may-be-forced-to-live-with-mum-and-dad.html

Young people aged under 25 are currently able to claim Housing Benefit to help them live independently of their parents, if they are on a low income or are unemployed. But proposals from Downing Street and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), plan to abolish these payments for under 25s.

So many younger people may now be forced to live with their parents, longer than they anticipated.

Decent, affordable accommodation should be available to ALL. This is a scandalous measure on the part of the bosses.

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Apr 5 2012 11:01

This was already made common practice in Germany a few years ago.

Makes it nearly fucking impossible to move out unless you're in irreconcilable disagreements with your parents (that make living together very hard or impossible), they're abusive or you straight-out lie to the authorities that you cannot live with them any longer.

I think it's a logical step in yet another wave of cuts in social spending, and of course you'll see conservatives defend it saying "unemployed people have no right to demand we pay for their rent, get a fucking job hippie"