Councils Fail To Prioritise Disabled Bedroom Tax-Hit Tenants

Councils are ignoring government guidance and failing to prioritise disabled people for payments to help cope with the bedroom tax, a study has claimed. Freedom of information requests issued by the Papworth Trust reveal 67 per cent (10,656 out of 15,938) of applications from non-disabled people are successful when applying for discretionary housing payment, compared with 59 per cent (3,670 out of 6,200) of applications from disabled people. The charity’s ongoing research also shows nearly 90 per cent of disabled people refused a DHP are cutting back on essentials like food and drink or household bills. Download a copy of the research report from the Papworth Trust website.