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Real London Lives
A fascinating read that helps debunk several myths re social housing and benefits.
The Real London Lives project has followed the lives and experiences of a large group of London housing association tenants over a three-year period of rapid economic change and welfare reform between 2013 and 2015.
http://reallondonlives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/LQ0445_G15-RLL-summary_Sept-16_web.pdf
This statement sticks out….....as something which when I read it mirrors the experiences of my clients, but I have never managed to put into these exact words.
• By 2015 the welfare benefits system was seen less
as a safety net and more as a risk to be negotiated
or avoided.
Ouch….