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Originally Posted by martyh
Are you even reading the links provided .There was a specific exemption for parents mentioned.
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Yes Marty, I am reading the links. There was a specific mention of an exemption back in September 2014. Has that been mentioned in the
current reportage which the OP linked to or the link in the article to the Telegraph? Not as far as I can see. What is reiterated in both is
"Another £120 million would be derived from removing housing benefit from 18 to 21 year olds on Jobseekers' Allowance." and
"The rest of the money will be paid for by removing housing benefit from jobless 18 to 21-year-olds."
For the reason stated above I do not think an exemption due to being a parent is workable simply because it will lead to a boom in childbirth in order to qualify and that will put further strains on budgets.
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Originally Posted by martyh
Not really ,we are talking about adults here not children.
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You said
"I can't think off the top of my head of any reason why a single unemployed 19 yr old without disability and without children should be able to leave home and get housed by the state " I simply offered you two sets of circumstances which are recorded as legitimate reasons for them to do so.