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"Bedroom tax has been abolished"

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A friend of mine put this on Facebook. I can't show the picture of the form unfortunately but thought it worth posting in case it helps anyone. (Method found to do it!)

"Bedroom Tax has been abolished!! get one of these forms and date it 1st April you will get all your payments back! council are not telling anyone so they can continue to take payments! GO GET ONE ASAP! and please pass this on! thanks "

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Louisiana

this is wonderful - have two friends that have had their housing benefit reduced, even though they need the 2nd bedroom for wheelchairs, etc.....

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WestWalesPaul in reply toLouisiana

They ought to appeal. If there's any way I can help, please let me know.

We were recently in High Court over bedroom tax... you can see one of the newspaper articles here:

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b...

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Louisiana in reply toWestWalesPaul

thank you ever so much - it was kind of you to put it out for all to see, even if it is only for Scotland, I'm sure there are some Scots people in the group :)....perhaps it MIGHT reach England.....ho hum ho hum.

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sillywitch

It,s in Scotland only, if you read the details on the FB post it does explain this :( sorry!!

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qbjb

Sorry folks - just glanced at form and didn't notice "Fife" - I don't have a bedroom tax situation but just remembered there was a lot of upset about it at the time. Only trying to help ...

Jude

I think all councils are allowed some discretionary payments by government .... worth asking. Councils aren't given much though and so can't help everyone who has had the bedroom tax cut .

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Ohtwo

Isn't 1st April, April Fools Day?

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Ian123

Council warns people about scam ‘bedroom tax’ email thestar.co.uk/news/local/co...

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qbjb in reply toIan123

Thanks Ian123 and WestWalesPaul.

I normally check email warnings but was so pleased that I might be passing on helpful information to people in difficult circumstances that it never occurred to me to check if it was a scam.

I'll tell my friend!

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WestWalesPaul

There is also a scam email saying Bedroom Tax has been abolished & which must not be opened. It has a virus in it.

crewechronicle.co.uk/news/c...

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qbjb in reply toWestWalesPaul

See above reply to Ian123!

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chrissie53

ITS only Scotland abolishing the bed tax sadly

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WestWalesPaul in reply tochrissie53

I don't think its actually abolished in Scotland. That would require an act of Parliament.

My understanding is that Westminster have given the Scottish Govt permission to 'mitigate' it, by allowing them to give Discretionary Housing Payments to everyone. As far as I know, this hasn't actually been finalised yet.

The whole bedroom tax thing is very, very wrong. If there were smaller properties available, maybe it could work. But as things stand, well...

Have a look at our story in my post above.

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Chrismassey

We're do you get the form the housing or council?

axelman90 profile image
axelman90

How do i get one of these forms

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axelman90

Can i get one of these DHP forms sent out to me and what is it i have to do in filling it in properly

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axelman90

Im a single Man whose suffering with a mental health disability and id like to know how to be able to fill in one these DHP forms properly in claiming my own payments back

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qbjb in reply toaxelman90

axelman90 - I'm sorry but I really don't know. Your local council or Citizen's Advice should be able to assist. Good luck with it - hope you get it sorted.

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axelman90 in reply toqbjb

Thanks

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julie310

Were do you get the form's from

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qbjb in reply tojulie310

Try Citizen's Advice. I have absolutely no knowledge about this subject, sorry.

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Starlight8888

You can get DHB forms from council or direct off your housing association

I have received this for several years although they say they will not help me anymore

I will still apply

Good luck to anyone trying to stay in their homes

The governments are passing any laws to keep us down

Free up the money !!!

Governments are there to serve us !!!!

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Suepy54

Can This still be done please. I have been paying my bedroom tax now. Since it first came out. Still have to pay until April2021

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