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Benefits faster for new tenants
10:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010 in
NEW tenants living in Basildon’s council houses can now get the benefits they are entitled to more quickly.
St Georges Community Housing, the company which looks after Basildon Council’s 13,000 council homes, has formed a new “sign-up” team to offer advice and help on how new tenants can get the money they are entitled to, as soon as they move in.
The move came after some residents were left waiting weeks without their benefits.
To do this, St Georges is working with the benefits team at Basildon Council, as well as housing associations, such as Family Mosaic.
Steve Shynn, St Georges’ chief executive, said: “The sign-up team has started to make a really positive impact, right from the time tenants sign up to their new tenancy.
“The close working relationship between St Georges Community Housing and Basildon Council housing benefit service, means more than 200 tenants have had their housing benefit paid to them at the very start of their tenancy.”
The sign-up team has also launched a DVD telling residents how they can pay their rent, showing what services St Georges offers, and how they can get involved.
Comments(9)
BASILBRUSH
says...
3:01pm Wed 10 Mar 10
Why would you need a DVD telling you how to pay rent?
Luther101
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3:20pm Wed 10 Mar 10
Ironman
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5:51pm Wed 10 Mar 10
Otherwise, we would have benefit police, would we not??
evilc
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8:11pm Wed 10 Mar 10
perini
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12:30am Thu 11 Mar 10
Soozie
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7:00am Thu 11 Mar 10
Look around at all the ugly, tattooed, pierced, fat, thick looking people pushing their scary looking off spring, who don't work, won't work and never will work.
I'd worry about more of those scroungers than a few colonial cousins you seem to detest.
evilc
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10:55am Thu 11 Mar 10
Soozie wrote:Dear Soozie
Colonial cousins? Poncing off the british taxpayer? LOL Hey look around perini - All I see is a bunch of fat lazy british people scrounging off the state.
Look around at all the ugly, tattooed, pierced, fat, thick looking people pushing their scary looking off spring, who don't work, won't work and never will work.
I'd worry about more of those scroungers than a few colonial cousins you seem to detest.
Lets get it together !!
You join my party.
OR
I will join yours.
OR lets just have a huge anti benefit scroungers party.
Soozie
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11:05am Thu 11 Mar 10
Better yet, round up the real deadbeats and fire them into the sun.
LOL
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