Housing Association advises tenants to give up 'Sky TV, cigarettes and bingo' if they want to keep their homes Tenants take to social networking sites to say it doesn't go far enough Furious: Dorothy Cooper (left, with the leaflet) and Vicky Ankers (right, with her daughter Rubyleigh) are among dozens of tenants who have voice their outrage at the housing association's comments The newsletter asks tenants: 'Can you really afford Sky, cigarettes, bingo, drinks and other non-essentials?' The advice on page six adds: 'If your benefit is being cut and you want to keep your home you have to make up the difference. Non-essential items won't matter if you lose your home.' Vicky Ankers, 23, is an Eastlands Homes housing association resident and a single mum to two daughters, aged three and five. She currently claims £140 every fortnight for herself and £110 for her two children. She said: "It's a disgrace. I don't smoke or have any of those luxuries and I still struggle. My two children are the ones who miss out, I can't take them for days out because I have so little. I've been told they have apologised but I can't afford to have the internet so I haven't seen their apology. Residents in the Clayton area of Manchester were among the thousands to receive a newsletter which said: 'Non-essential items won't matter if you lose your home' They managed to deliver the newsletter to my home in the first place, they should get round here and apologise to us all in person and see how we really live. It makes us all feel inadequate. They are planning on taking £11.50 a week from me, that's nearly £50 a month. How do they expect me to look after two children on that amount? Pensioner Dorothy Cooper is an Eastlands Homes housing association resident on John Heywood Street in Manchester. Mrs Cooper, 70, said: "Everyone has been left totally confused. We are all having our benefits cut and then they go and land us with a comment like that in a magazine that is designed to give us helpful information. People are in a mess. Dorothy, who lives alone with her dog Queenie, said: "I struggle enough and I only have Queenie to worry about. Yes, I smoke, but are they really going to take that one enjoyment away from me when we can barely afford to live? Eastlands Homes was criticised online by tenants for the content of the newsletter. Sammy Roberts said: "You forgot plasma TV and sterilisation to save some money! Ruti Tutti posted on Facebook: "Absolutely no responsibility taken at all for writing and circulating such stigmatising and offensive material. Manchester City Football Club's Etihad Stadium is located in the Eastlands area of Manchester where the newsletters were distributed