Council Ignores Freud Threat

A council has pledged to legally challenge the government over its stance on bedroom tax reclassifications. Lord Freud said councils found to have reclassified properties without reducing the rent charged would face a cut in their housing benefit subsidy.  Leeds Council has reclassified 837 homes as having one fewer bedroom each, but is refusing to reduce the rent. Peter Gruen, deputy leader of Leeds Council, said: ‘We have taken all the legal advice we have and what we are doing is perfectly legitimate.’  Read more on Inside Housing.