Big news: New powers for councils to tackle homelessness: 60 days' notice before social homes are sold privately, and housing associations can't turn away homeless families without valid reason.
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Quaker Social Action
@quakersocialaction.bsky.social
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From homelessness to funeral poverty, food security to wellbeing. We are a charity helping people on low incomes to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives. quakersocialaction.org.uk
![A graphic styled like a page from a notebook, with a picture of a woman labelled as Sue, '#FixTheFEP', the Quaker Social Action logo and a quote from Sue: 'I put the application in in my name and I had a phone call from the DWP saying, Oh no, it needs to be in your mum's name.
Mum didn't even really know what day of the week it was at that stage, and I explained that mum had got dementia.
[They said] No, that's fine, it needs to be in your mum's name.
It caused stress for me and for my family as well.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t73wgradooai4s42ettrgydm/bafkreifgroiq74hgmybx32p7lnuzf4nvj3a3rpljz3nlm4kkzbcqvgt5w4)
![A graphic styled like a page from a notebook, with a picture of a woman labelled as Susan, '#FixTheFEP', the Quaker Social Action logo and a quote from Susan:
'I was on Carers Allowance for supporting my dad and it was topped up by Universal Credit - so I would have been eligible to get the help [with funeral costs] off the DWP. And they said no.
I felt numb in a way, because you put off that grieving process and you deal with the finance side of it. I don’t know where my mental health was.
People do need that help and support.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t73wgradooai4s42ettrgydm/bafkreiahlnmc6vpculbujpbyh6cxyxjpx7dacoo3jbbomaj4a4ix7m5mx4)
