Post by NiteawkPost by MikePost by NiteawkPost by m***@hotmail.comPost by RobbiePost by NiteawkPost by KhanPost by NiteawkThe VOA want to see me at home next week to consider how much rent
can be considered in working out my housing benefit.
I cant help but think this has something to do with Camerons mob
who
Post by RobbiePost by NiteawkPost by KhanPost by Niteawkare now attacking us peasants in an effort to reduce benefits right
across the board.
I have have not seen the VOA before, never heard of them until I
got
Post by RobbiePost by NiteawkPost by KhanPost by Niteawka letter from them today. Obviously they must know how much HB I get,
why do they need to see me at HOME! to work out my HB?
Cameroon must have moved bloody quick then and in a time machine. This
is to do with the rent act 1977 and other bits from 1999.
Actually he does use a time machine, he vowed to introduce a new system
for IB claimants 2 years after it was brought in by Labour. And
what >> has
Post by RobbiePost by Niteawkthe VOA to do with the rent act? I have never heard of them until
now,
Post by RobbiePost by Niteawkthe only people I have had dealings with in the past were Rent >>
Officers
Post by RobbiePost by Niteawkwho I have seen once in the last 10 yrs.
The rent service transferred to the VOA last year.
https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/Secure/Default.aspx
So what the bloody hell is Khan talking about then!
Anyway not that it matters now, there must be some reason for transferring
the rent service to the VOA.
Tougher rules I suppose, sweeping cuts to HB. Thats what usually happens
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Maybe disagree about whether it was broken or not.
Certainly seems like HB has gone up a lot in the past decade.
Yes, do you think the powers that be noticed this, have they finally
woken up to the fact that the average cost of housing is more than 60% of
the minimum wage, rendering the whole idea of applying for MW jobs as
something to be weighed against how much you will be out of pocket if you
could actually get a MW job, thanks to them of course for creating this
crazy situation..
There are some schools of thought that say the 'bottomless' pit of HB
inflates rents. By restricting HB rent will probably be driven down as
landlords will price according to what they can get. Driving down the
rents will help people in work as well as those trying to get off benefits.
Really, I like your theory, but I fail to see how it holds water. I suppose
those schools of though all originate in HB depts. Rents are based on the
size of mortgages so you cant really blame private landlords. Has it occured
to you that inflated rents might have something to do with the selling off
of affordable social housing, not to mention the damage caused by banks
giving 100% mortgages to people who could not afford them, creating mass
inflation of property prices which is totally false. Then your councils
revalued this property so they could charge the now impoverished new home
owners more tax.
This property lark amounts to the biggest fraud ever comitted IMO, and it is
the government, banks and councils who are responsible it, so now they can
stop moaning and fkin pay up. My HB if you please, I thank you. ;)
Post by MikeAnd of course let's not forget the poor old taxpayer.
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Rents have nothing to do with size of mortgage at all.
A property with no mortgage and a property with 100% mortgage that is
next door (and same design) can have exactly the same rent.
Pointless setting rent at £700 a week if similar properties in the
area rent at £500, you get no rent paid if the property is empty.
Plenty of landlords have mortgages well below rent - meaning they can
make profit from the rent itself and not have to wait to sell the
property to make money.
Property is nothing to do with fraud - you chose not to invest in
property, up to you. Others did, up to them.
Property has tended to go up in value over the years.
The fact that you personally aren't benefitting from house value
increases doesn't make it fraud.
House values were going up well before 100% mortgages were available.
Last crash prior to the current one was 1990s, many of my friends on
under £10k a year at the time took advantage of the crash to buy a
house or flat, on single wages, well within 3 times income as it was
at the time (the maximum). No need for 100% mortgage, they didn't
exist then anyway.
House prices go up, they go down - people tend to invest when cheaper.
But it is a ladder, rather like wages, and can go up to larger
property.
You chose to not buy, not our fault.
Martin <><