To wonderr if there hs been any movement in the housing lists due to bedroom tax (or whatever you want to call it)

[JakeBullet]

Just wondering if it is doing what it was set up for.

Thee has been some movement (although not much) locally, the family over the way got a three bed from someone who needed to downsize to a 2 bedroom place.

My friend is still stuck in a flat though, nobody wants flats and especially if they are not ground floor ones. People with gardens seem to be doing the best out of home swaps. Looking at the local house swap site it seems people are still struggling to find exchanges.

Our council has reorganised their list to facilitate swaps and will no longer add anyone who has come from out of area - even if they originally came from the town. Under this criteria I would now not be housed by them.

Have you seen any changes in your areas?

My friends Mum has just swapped her three bedroom house for a one bedroom flat, she was exempt from the changes (and paid her own rent anyway) but wanted to offer a house with a big garden to a family who needed it. Her new flat has a little garden too so she is really happy.

not that i know of

but where i live there are barely any one or 2 bed social homes for people affected by it to go to :/

They know I get HRC DLA Sock, and still say I have to pay. I have put in a form I got a link to on here asking them to inspect my flat and tell me on what grounds I am not entitled to my third bedrrom.
It does have a bed in it, though is used for storing my wheelchair too.

That's because you actually have to ask for the exemption and state your need for an over night carer, HR DLA/ PIP care does not automatically mean a need for actual overnight care,you have to tell them this.

Follow the steps I have told you and its very unlikely that you will not get an exemption if you also ask for this to be concidered as from 1/4/13 they should also backdate anything you lost from your award so a credit is on your rent account on request they will pay this back to you.

If you do not inform them of your belief that you should be exempt then you have no chance.