Housing Benefit
In June 2010, the Government announced plans for a 10 per cent cut in housing benefit for anyone on Jobseekers' Allowance for more than a year. Crisis argued that single homeless people would be the hardest hit because they would not be entitled to any other income support from the state - other than their Jobseeker's Allowance. Forced to make up the shortfall in Housing Benefit with a substantial proportion of their dole money, the amount left for food, clothing and energy would rapidly decrease.