But will it?
Because the government line is that you should move "somewhere you can afford" and whilst in principle I'm in favour of people living according to their actual capacity to pay their rent, the problem is that a) they are not doing anything to address inflating rents for sub standard properties and b) this looks very much like it will simply lead to creating ghettos that will become even more self perpetuating than those we presently have.

I'm not actually arguing that better allocation of benefits is a bad idea, but a crude cap doesn't appear to be a good way of doing it.
( Bazongaloid, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 13:49, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Who knows? The rental sector at the moment is a mess.
I think with only 67,000 homes affected it won't make a massive difference. I think a total revisiting of housing benefit would be for the best.
Not necessarily focused on reducing the cost, but a combination of that and increasing the standard of housing to a fit if basic state for a family on benefits.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 13:56, Reply)

A crude cap, earlier:

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 13:57, Reply)

I hope you own one of these.

( Bazongaloid, Mon 23 Jan 2012, 14:06, Reply)