Housing Act V Bedroom Tax - UPDATED BLOG
Following the conversation below, I've included it here. The doc from Orbit is misleading and gives false hope.
Conversation between me and a Housing Professional
Jules, the 1985 hsing act has been overriden by the 2004
amendments
That info is wrong
Okay so Orbit Housing are wrong then?
If your TA says 3 beds, no matter the size you pay for 3
beds.
Unless the HA reclassifies the property it is irrelevant
So the room size thing that says 50sqft under 1yr, 50-70 up to 10 etc ALL gone?
it's a single bedroom as defined by the housing provider.
It can be taken up and challenged legally, but right now it's a false hope
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So the guide orbit has circulated is incorrect.
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This worth reading and hanging on to
Unless the HA reclassify a 3 bed as a 2 bed, if the
tenancy agreement states 3 bed, it's a 3 bed for hb purposes
Thought so but the bods at Orbit issued it out to their staff to remove boxroom myth flying on FB
If they ((GOVT)) agreed to the room dimension argument
HA's would have decades of charged rent to pay back and HB would need to claim it back
.. that wont happen
where's the link?..to orbit
Hold on... take a couple of minutes...
Theyre on twitter as @orbitheart
I rt'd their thingy earlier extracted their staff guide from their link, Is in my timeline somewhere.
HERE..
OrbitHeartOfEngland @OrbitHeart
We have produced a staff briefing to help dispel the 'boxroom myth' which has started circulating on Facebook... ow.ly/injKN
There's nothing on their leaflet about boxrooms, and they refer to the room size theory as a 'myth'
Yes and the blog is the copied two page leaflet
There is absolutely nothing about room dimensions making people exempt. The Tenancy agreement signed is whats applicable.
Yes thats what i thought, and I think their guide says how
the BEDROOM tax will be applied?
The TA is the legally binding contract and the info
provided on it. ... as written by the govt.
I'll edit blog
Best do. The sooner that myth dies a death the better.
It's giving people false hope.
okay
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My contract states my houses permitted number is 7 but according to bedroom tax rules its OK for 8 people depending on age, relationship etc.
ReplyDeleteThis is tosh - a landlord trying to hold on to their power to determine the number of bedrooms in a house. That decision is taken ONLY by the local authority, not by a landlord with a vested interest. And if landlords have been overcharging for rooms which were legally too small to be classed as bedrooms, they can pay the money back.
ReplyDeleteTo repeat, the statutory authority here is the local council that pays the benefit, not the landlord.
Dear Anonymous. I think you might be missing the point.
DeleteIF the tenancy agreement says you have 3 beds, you have three beds, if it says 2 then you have 2.
Thats the key. THE TENANCY AGREEMENT.