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		<title>Latest HB figures &#8211; lies, delusion and the future of the PRS</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evicting private tenants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw the release of the latest Housing Benefit figures which includes details of the national position at November 2011.  It will be no surprise to reveal that the overall HB bill has increased by a further £50m or so to reach £22.4bn. The DWP official figures reveal the last 3 full years from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=587&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Affordable Rent Con</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/the-face-that-blanched-a-1000-shapps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great &#8216;Affordable Rent&#8217; Con  I’ve started using graphs in my blogs and judging by the views, which have increased significantly you like them. “If a picture paints a thousand words” which is the opening line of “If” by Bread. Below is the graph (Chart 1) that shows Coalition policy is one of social housing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=556&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shapps resigns and Jim Hacker takes over</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/shapps-resigns-and-jim-hacker-takes-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine for a minute that Grant Shapps the Housing Minister has moved on. You are Jim Hacker, the new Housing Minister and your first meeting on day one is to be briefed on the facts of the housing crisis that all sides admit we are undoubtedly in. If you can sort this out you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=551&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rented Housing RIP</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/rented-housing-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I revealed that Local Housing Allowance (LHA) – the form of Housing Benefit paid for private rented properties – was to be frozen from April 2012 to March 2013. This policy will have devastating consequences for the entire housing rented sector.  Later last week I revealed that LHA will be set annually from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=547&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Private Tenants Beware &#8211; Coalition plans to shaft you</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/private-tenants-beware-here-is-the-coalitions-plan-in-easy-read-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people just don’t do numbers.  I am that annoying sod that does see patterns in numbers and can still do long-division in my head. It’s a nice skill to have but can work against you as I should know. To explain – look at Chart 1 below: Chart 1 The chart shows what percentage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=521&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LHA rent freeze will be annual &#8211; a further new and important update</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/lha-rent-freeze-will-be-annual-a-further-new-and-important-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday this week I confirmed and revealed the LHA rent freeze that will take place from April 2012 to March 2013 which was released to Parliament on 6 December 2011 but up until this week hadn’t been discussed or covered in the national or the housing media.  LHA is the amount of help private [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=514&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heres the real privilege Mr Shapps</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/heres-the-real-privilege-mr-shapps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted a blog which included the detail of how Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which is the form of Housing Benefit for tenants in private rented accommodation, will be frozen from April 2012 to March 2013. This came about as there had been a few comments on Twitter from private landlords late last week [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=512&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arses and elbows &#8211; LHA rent freeze for 2012/13 HAS been announced</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/arses-and-elbows-lha-rent-freeze-for-201213-has-been-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arses and Elbows – with a title like that you’re right it’s another Housing Benefit story from the hapless Coalition! This latest one shows that when it comes to Housing Benefit matters you can’t believe a word that comes out of the CLG and that Pickles as Communities Minister and his Housing Minister Grant (Kylie) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=505&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disabled to pay £1000 per year extra in rent</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/disabled-to-pay-1000-per-year-extra-in-rent/</link>
		<comments>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/disabled-to-pay-1000-per-year-extra-in-rent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is ‘Sheltered Accommodation’ with regards to Housing Benefit eligibility? This is the core of a very important current argument and one that will have significant consequences for the sustainability of accommodation-based ‘supported housing’ and the many vulnerable and disabled people residing there if the DWP gets its way.  The DWP’s way here is contrary to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=502&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Grant Shapps a Kylie fan?</title>
		<link>http://speye.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/is-grant-shapps-a-kylie-fan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joehalewood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a bit of a spat with Grant Shapps on Twitter last night as he did his usual trick of re-announcing announcements of his announcement about alleged progress and action of the Housing Strategy that he announced earlier in the week.  Following so far?  In short Shapps was spinning on Twitter the nothing new he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speye.wordpress.com&amp;blog=22281793&amp;post=482&amp;subd=speye&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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