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DLA and Housing Costs
An interesting snippet picked up from Inside Housing:
” In a radio interview yesterday, the Mr Duncan Smith said a third of tenants are receipt of disability living allowance (DLA)
... About a third are in receipt of something like DLA, which of itself is a payment to support housing costs.”
Is it?
well i have a house i pay rent on and im not disabled….cant quite see how anyone else rent arises from their disability either.
I refer my esteemed colleague to this thread in which this claim is examined further….
An interesting snippet picked up from Inside Housing:
” In a radio interview yesterday, the Mr Duncan Smith said a third of tenants are receipt of disability living allowance (DLA)
... About a third are in receipt of something like DLA, which of itself is a payment to support housing costs.”
Is it?
Will he ever be pulled up for this kind of misinformation? (IDS, not Gareth)
Made a quick check on gov.uk, just to be sure they have not sneaked something in about DLA now being a payment to support housing costs - you never know these days. And ofc there is nothing there about such a silly notion. Half the problem is the people interviewing him don’t realise he talking bullocks.
For goodness sake - DLA is now being peddled as a benefit for children as it’s too out of date for working-age disabilities to be assessed. What housing costs do kids have?
Morning rant over
I refer my esteemed colleague to this thread in which this claim is examined further….
Humph - I woz first; just becoz yors is betr, sulk mutter mutter.
I refer my esteemed colleague to this thread in which this claim is examined further….
Humph - I woz first; just becoz yors is betr, sulk mutter mutter.
You have forsaken the right to first comment Gareth by virtue of the many travels you describe on your Facebook page :) I am willing to wager your absence has rendered you days out of date on the many changes currently taking place and you’ve lost your right to reside :)
^^^hahahahaha (hits ‘like’ button)
I have been selflessly testing out the viability of digital by default in a variety of different access points. I also have a lobster pot T shirt to wear at NAWRA.