When George Osborne laid out his benefit cuts, he passed an exemption for disabled people living alone who require occasional overnight help from carers that meant from April this year, these people could receive the two-bedroom rate of housing benefit to pay for a room to be used by carers as required. Osborne and Grant Shapps, the minister for housing, also said that the worst off and most afflicted would be looked after, and be free of the clampdown on housing benefit. In April this year, the exemption for a second-bedroom rate for carer use began, yet many who have provided medical evidence and proof of having carers have been hit by rates of local housing allowances being slashed. Despite applying for and being accepted to receive extra help in paying for an extra room, disabled people are to be worse off, as some boroughs have cut the rate for two-bedroom homes by at least £50-£70 a week, which is to be added to rent shortfalls paid by the disabled claimants. Read more on The Guardian website.
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