96% of Bedroom Tax Victims Have Nowhere to Downsize To

Freedom of Information requests of local authorities by the Labour Party found that 96% of people hit by the government's controversial under-occupancy policy are effectively trapped in their current homes because of a countrywide lack of smaller accommodation.  The 38 local authorities that supplied complete statistics revealed that a combined total of 99,079 families are forecast to be struck by the policy in their boroughs.  However, the councils have only 3,803 one and two-bedroom social homes collectively available for their tenants to downsize into.  Read more on 24dash.