Sue.
My thanks for your advice was genuine as I am sure your advice was genuine.
Having re-read #132 again, it might look like I was throwing your advice back at you and that was definitely not the case.
What I am trying to highlight is the fact that whereas some of us would have no problem with your advice, to look up "Choiced based lettings on DDC web site" there are many more who cannot.
Many of your DDC tenants living in declared under-occupied 2/3 bedroom places, do not have the knowhow or even the means, to access any website, let alone the DDC website.
Also many have very good, mostly medical & family social reasons, for declaring that they in fact, do not have a spare bedroom at all.
I certainly do not class my 3rd bedroom as spare bedroom and I believe that myself and others have the right to defend that position.
Giving 13 weeks of means tested subsidence to offset this decrease in benefit, for the genuine disabled & vulnerable that are being caught up in this attempt right the wrongs, that are occurring within our benefits system, is wrong.
What do these people do after 13 weeks?
There are many wrongs with our benefits society and with our tax system and they should be addressed but this is not the way to achieve it.
DDC should use their discretion and listen to the reasons given to them by their tenants, as to why they feel the need for this bedroom, for themselves or their family.
No spare room means no decrease in benefits for the genuine Disabled and Vulnerable tenants.