Comments on: What is a locality? http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2008/08/what-is-a-locality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-locality Housing law news and comment Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mr M http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/2008/08/what-is-a-locality/#comment-2114 Mr M Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:16:28 +0000 http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/?p=598#comment-2114 I have lived in the same property for a while and am on the old housing benefit system (i.e. Not the new LHA system). I have just had my rent reviewed and the Maximum Eligible Rent has now been reduced as a result of the new definition of 'Locality'. The house in which I live has now been 'bundled' into towns several miles away ('new areas'), in which I have never lived, and in which I have no friends or family. The area in which I currently live has slightly higher rents than the new areas. As a result of the redefined localities it has reduced the maximum amount of housing benefit available BEFORE it has even been means tested. The result is conciderably less Housing Benefit is available - which means that I can no longer afford to live in this house OR the local town or surrounding villages. I will be forced to move out of the immediate area as I will no longer be able to afford the rent in the area I have always called home ... THUS A FORM OF SOCIAL APARTHIED, FORCING PEOPLE OUT OF ONE AREAS AND INTO SOCIAL GHETTOS!!! WELL DONE LABOUR ... The Party of the People? THIS SURELY CAN'T BE RIGHT? CAN IT? I have lived in the same property for a while and am on the old housing benefit system (i.e. Not the new LHA system). I have just had my rent reviewed and the Maximum Eligible Rent has now been reduced as a result of the new definition of ‘Locality’.

The house in which I live has now been ‘bundled’ into towns several miles away (‘new areas’), in which I have never lived, and in which I have no friends or family. The area in which I currently live has slightly higher rents than the new areas.

As a result of the redefined localities it has reduced the maximum amount of housing benefit available BEFORE it has even been means tested.

The result is conciderably less Housing Benefit is available – which means that I can no longer afford to live in this house OR the local town or surrounding villages. I will be forced to move out of the immediate area as I will no longer be able to afford the rent in the area I have always called home … THUS A FORM OF SOCIAL APARTHIED, FORCING PEOPLE OUT OF ONE AREAS AND INTO SOCIAL GHETTOS!!! WELL DONE LABOUR … The Party of the People? THIS SURELY CAN’T BE RIGHT? CAN IT?

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