e-petition about housing benefit and Under 25s

[Charlotte Mew]

Please have a look at this e-petition about young people and housing benefit on the Government website.   It is such an atrocious suggestion that they will remove Housing Benefit from under 25s.  I am hoping that this petition (and perhaps some others, but this one is on the Govt website) will have an overwhelming response and inevitably affect Government.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35272

[SomeComfort]

Done.

[. . .]

Signed.

[duc de potage]

They imagine perhaps that you all have parents able and willing to house you? I have signed.

[duc de potage]

Goodness me, I am trying to shake off two 20 year olds already. How bad would it be if they all got sent home if they ran into financial difficulties? 25 is like a proper grown up for non-student types.

I'm not accusing students of immaturity btw, just saying that if you've been working for 7 or 8 years and lose your job, losing your housing as well would be doubly shite.

[duc de potage]

Would this apply to under 25s with partners and children?


By the way, who is Sandow?

[Wongy]

But I'm having to claim it at 24 because I have no home to return to! Anyone who is dissociated from family, orphaned as a young adult, from foster care or children's homes or disabled youngsters that are trying to be independent of their families as a student would be in trouble! Let alone single parents with children or other young people who for a multitude of reasons can't get help from their parents! If they even still have parents!

Definitely signed!

[Pink POS(T)ER !!! xx]

Duly signed!

Housing Benefit should just be THERE for everyone!!

i think this Govt is trying to make Trouble in families - WHO would honestly want their Adult kids still living at home til age 25!!! ? 

I ADDED this e-petition to my facebook page - perhaps others could add it to theirs!?
Just so we get all the signatures we can!

Once you have !signed! the e-petition folks, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE LINK THAT WILL ARRIVE AS CONFIRMATION IN YOUR INBOX.

IF YOU DO NOT DO !THIS! YOUR 'SIGNATURE' CANNOT BE ADDED TO THIS LIST.

PLEASE MAKE !!SURE!! YOU CLICK THE LINK - OR YOUR EFFORT WILL HAVE BEEN WASTED!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Signed.

[Underdog]

Isn't this coming in only if Tories get in another term?