Homeless Hit by Bedroom Tax

The North East’s biggest homeless charity has revealed the Government’s bedroom tax is even affecting those who sleep on the streets.  The Cyrenians have been warned by housing providers they will soon be unable to hand over the types of properties usually made available for homeless people. The problem is caused by more need for previously undesirable one-bedroom properties to be handed over to tenants trying to downsize to avoid the cuts in housing benefits facing those with spare rooms. As housing associations are swamped with calls for more one-bedroom properties, the homeless are being pushed to the bottom of the list, the Cyrenians warn. Read more on the Newcastle Journal.