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Old 07-04-2012, 20:42   #9
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Re: Ending housing benefit for under-25s? A policy with more holes than a sieve?

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
At least they could prove their situation. I know at age 20, I wouldn't easily have been able to prove that my parents were no longer around.

I think this may be intended to be aimed at unemployed people who are already living at home, but decide that they would like their own place funded by the taxpayer. How big an issue is this? It would be difficult and expensive to administer, as how do you disprove that they can't live with their parents? A similar abuse is where families on benefits decide for some strange reason to move to a very expensive area where the rents are £000s a month. Rules need to be focussed on the abuses of the system.
Indeed absolutely agree

On way I suppose one is if police have been to property at least would be some sort record. Some suffer in silence tend to flee finally as they find that help. Would think charities might know some.

It should be case by case but what about those who move away to find work but struggle or dont immediately get job cant even force them back home or on the street.

It seems under 25's maybe penalised for not expanding horizons would be penalised for not. Thats one my big fears it will prevent social mobility when we should be knocking down obsticles.

At the amount cuts we going we wont need raise taxes but just thought we need them for gov offices, MP's, unless they plan privatise them too.
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