Posts Tagged ‘housing benefit’
New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’
Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures
Read MoreMeg Hillier MP condemns ‘onslaught’ against housing benefit renters after Digs protest
Calls it ‘almost impossible’ to rent thanks to private landlords and benefit cap
Read MoreDigs campaign slams ‘discrimination’ against renters on housing benefit
‘No DSS’ policy affects disabled and low income workers
Read MoreFamilies face monthly rent shortfall of £783 after benefit freeze, warns charity
Shelter report warns of Hackney ‘blackspot’ over government plans to freeze housing benefit until 2020
Read MoreDoormat ‘privacy breach’: Hackney Council under fire over housing benefit messages
Town Hall is publically identifying claimants, critic says
Read MoreTaxing times – benefits advice from Hackney CAB
Charity wants local people to be aware of – and prepared for – changes to the benefits system
Read MoreHousing benefit claimants locked out of private renting, warns Hackney CAB
Citizens Advice investigation reveals the shortfall in accommodation available to people on housing benefit
Read MoreHackney CAB crowdmaps housing benefit shortfalls and threatened evictions
Hackney Citizens’ Advice Bureau launches crowdsourced map of housing problems across the borough
Read MoreHousing benefit cuts – advice from Hackney CAB
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau says there are a number of options open to the 14,000 people in the borough likely to be affected by changes to welfare reform
Read MoreHousing co-operative targets empty Hackney homes
As the shortage of low cost housing in Hackney becomes more acute, the Hackney Citizen reports on a scheme to breathe new life into the borough’s empty and abandoned homes
Read MoreHousing Benefit reductions come into force in New Year, warns Hackney CAB
A drastic reduction to Housing Benefit entitlement will affect many Hackney residents in private rented accommodation
Read MoreCitizens’ Advice: Housing Benefit changes to Local Housing Allowance claims
Hackney CAB explains how and when the new rules come into effect
Read MoreHackney must unite against government cuts
A local councillor’s view on what the cuts will mean for local residents
Read MoreWelfare cuts could force low income residents out
Those who rely on housing and other benefits may be unable to pay their rent
Read MoreWhy I like the subsidised neighbours
I don’t resent my council-house neighbours who are helped by the taxpayer. I’m happy to pay to live in a mixed community
Read MoreEviction fears over housing benefit cuts
Proposed changes will hit residents hard, warns Hackney’s Citizens Advice Bureau
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