Challenges facing the Social Housing under the Coalition Government's new housing and welfare policies

Challenges facing the Social Housing under the Coalition Government's new housing and welfare policies

Introduction

The concept of “Social rental housing” not only holds vital significance to the state but is equally beneficial for the individuals, families as well as the communities. This concept takes fundamental part in providing support to those who are susceptible in the community. This works as a foundation of security and sustainability to those who are unable to manage on their own. It provides a ray of hope for such people in the community who are under privileged, disadvantaged and are not able to provide a healthy life for themselves and their families. This helps them in creating prosperous and healthy local communities. (Bines, 2009, p.p. 105-108)

Social housing is playing a wide range of social and economic roles in society. These social housing associations made an investment of around £209m on various projects of the social nature including employment and 900 educational venture in between the time span of 2003-2008.

There exists pressure among the responsibilities of social housing in regards of fulfilling the needs of the houses and working up on the economical and the social welfare because of the scarcity in contribution of social housing (Burnett, 2009, pp. 105-108)

All around United Kingdom the main driving force for these housing associations keeps on changing on the basis of demographics and population.

Like wise the other urbanized states, the communities are settling down at the later ages their living duration has increased now they are living for a longer time span and the middle part of the social reforms may cause disturbance to the most poor class (Burnett, 2009, p. p. 105-108)

Prime Minister Cameron in his recent speech addressed, “ its time we need to raise some critical questions about the signals we send out through the benefit arrangement” proposing that the comprehensive changes to the welfare reform act are essential for the economy of Britain (Black, 2010, pp. 89-92).

The policies that they created through this system is acting as a source of anxiety for the social housing associations all around the United kingdom. All the change in these reforms are goning to be implemented and will be effective in the year 2013. They consist of:

Penalty for the under-occupational

Implemented from the coming month of April, those people who earn lower wages or are unemployed and still are consuming benefits of housing schemes, their handouts may get cut on the condition if they have one or more spare rooms.

Coalition government states that they will be able to save £490 million through this act. Never the less this is being titled as the “bedroom” by the critics. The main threat of housing associations is regarding the shortage of homes for around 120,000 tenants, who might need to drift to the small houses.

Total Benefit Cap

It is expected that this cap would be able to affect around 56% of private rental's sector and for social housing rented sector 44 % is ...