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When i was away for a week the residents on our block, not council but housing asociation .held an informal meeting to talk of the bedroom tax. every single home , thats 24 were in receipt of H.B. most are couples who live in a 2 bed bungalow, 3 single , we are the only couple who are mother/ son . they were told that they will all have to pay the extra £14 ? per week as in the eye`s of the council they will have a spare room . we on the other hand are not a "couple" therefore dont under occupy i cant claim H.B. but the old doll does as all her war related pensions are disregarded . the 3 single people understand the new rule but some of the " couples" have said they use both rooms they dont sleep together, they have been told that they are still regarded as having a spare room and will have to pay ...one point raised was that we have 2 gay men who are not married but live together in seperate rooms and are joint tennants they were advised that they will not lose their housing benefit ( both claim) since i came back nearly every single neighbour has asked me just what is right ...sad to say i dont have a clue ............
When i was away for a week the residents on our block, not council but housing asociation .held an informal meeting to talk of the bedroom tax. every single home , thats 24 were in receipt of H.B. most are couples who live in a 2 bed bungalow, 3 single , we are the only couple who are mother/ son . they were told that they will all have to pay the extra £14 ? per week as in the eye`s of the council they will have a spare room . we on the other hand are not a "couple" therefore dont under occupy i cant claim H.B. but the old doll does as all her war related pensions are disregarded . the 3 single people understand the new rule but some of the " couples" have said they use both rooms they dont sleep together, they have been told that they are still regarded as having a spare room and will have to pay ...one point raised was that we have 2 gay men who are not married but live together in seperate rooms and are joint tennants they were advised that they will not lose their housing benefit ( both claim) since i came back nearly every single neighbour has asked me just what is right ...sad to say i dont have a clue ............