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Originally Posted by peanut
I'm shocked that rent can be up to around £2000 a month in those towers, and they class that the poor area? How anyone can afford that I'll never know.
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Good heavens. Still, with the price of rents these days (especially in London), I imagine that even this is cheaper than the private sector.
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Originally Posted by peanut
Obliviously, but the benefit cap for London is £23,000.
At least 58 are now presumed dead.  |
Asylum seekers can't claim Housing Benefit and aren't subject to any cap, as their accommodation costs are met by this department:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nati...upport_Service
It's ironic that some may have escaped harm from their own countries, only to have been injured or killed in this tower block!