The Government Proposals

A word about laws

• General Election
• Ruling party
• New laws
• Debated, Amended and Voted for
• If it's the law - Councils have to do it

New laws

• Housing and Planning Bill 2015
• Welfare Reform Bill 2015
• Secondary legislation

What's up for grabs

• Lifetime tenancies
• Selling off High Value Council homes
• Pay to Stay
• Capped Housing Benefit

Lifetime Tenancies

• New tenants only
• Maximum 5 years
• Voluntary for housing associations
• Succession
• The Lewis Letter

Selling Off High Value Homes

• Empty homes
• Sell off to pay for HA RTB
• Levy from Government
• Longer waiting list

Pay to Stay

• £30,000 Household income
• Pay market rent
• 2 people earning minimum wage working full time
• Extra rent sent to Treasury

Capped Housing Benefit

• Maximum HB will now be at Local Housing Allowance levels
• I room Shared house £69.90
• 1 bed home £90.90
• 2 bed £108.26
• 3 bed £120.29
• 4 bed £151.50

Capped Housing Benefit

• How many bedrooms can I have?
• Under 35 room in a shared house
• an adult couple
• a single adult over 16
• 2 children under 10
• 2 same sex children under 16
• another child

Plenty more too

• Starter homes for sale replace social housing
• Benefit Cap £20,000
• 1% Rent Cut

What can we do?

• Agree with it
• Send a message to your MP
• Campaign
• We love council housing on 13-14 February
• March in London on 13th March

Thanks for listening

• Tim Morton
• @timmorton2
• @4socialhousing
• www.4socialhousing.co.uk

Over to you