The DWP “must address” local Discretionary Housing
Payment (DHP) criteria which have “unintentionally and unfairly excluded”
disabled people from financial support, a parliamentary committee has
concluded. The Work and Pensions select committee report concludes time-limited
DHPs are “inadequate protection” for people the government “did not intend”
welfare reforms to affect. The report states this applies to parents or
guardians who care full-time for their severely disabled grown-up children and
therefore cannot work, and cannot find any suitable cheaper accommodation, and
yet are currently subject to the bedroom tax. The report warned that “expansion
of local discretion…has given rise to concerns about the coverage and adequacy
of the safety net.” Download a copy of the report from the Parliament website.
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