[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Flyboy

Aah I see and just when would you expect those people to stop having children? Where were they going to live? Why then, do the councils now rely on private landlords, more and more, to provide social housing? Ironically many in the very same houses that were local authority owned in the first place.



And what evidence are you are basing that on what exactly? You have absolutely no idea that would have happened.

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But that is not the fault of the family in question. That was decision made by the local authority. It is also down to the high property prices in Westminster. A house identical to this one, in Derbyshire, for example, would probably be a quarter of the cost.

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They most certainly do, despite what the media would have you believe. They are the ones who decide where to put the families, not central government. They could have quite easily rented two flats side by side, at a fraction of the cost, but oddly enough decided not to. Or they could have re-housed them in a different borough.

Local Housing Allowance

You are entitled to one bedroom for:
• every adult couple (married or unmarried)
• any other adult aged 16 or over
• any two children of the same sex aged under 16
• any two children aged under 10
• any other child.
....
Here are some examples that may help:
....
Lisa and Matt
Lisa and Matt are a couple who have five children, Shaun, who is seventeen, Graham, who is fifteen, Laura, who is twelve, Millie, who is nine and Jessica, who is six. They are entitled to one bedroom for themselves, one bedroom for Shaun, one bedroom for Laura and Millie to share, one bedroom for Graham and one bedroom for Jessica. This means any benefit they are entitled to will be based on the Local Housing Allowance rate for five bedrooms.

There was 3 Adults(1 couple) and 8 children to be housed. Without knowing the sex and ages of the children(which I said was a factor), that is a minimum of 6 bedrooms.

So I do/did have some idea of what would have happened.

If you use the website, this is what it shows:-
Search Results Search results for Local Authority City of Westminster shown in £'s per week.
BRMA ID BRMA Name 5 Beds Valid To Valid From
146 Central London £1,600.00 31 Dec 2009 01 Dec 2009
161 Inner North London £750.00 31 Dec 2009 01 Dec 2009

So the Landlord knows that they can charge a benefit recipient £1,600/week and will get the money, yet they might well charge a non-recipient of benefit a lot less.