Bedroom Tax Refund for 267 Nottingham Households

More than £170,000 is to be handed back to 267 households in Nottingham after a loophole in housing benefit changes introduced last April. The so-called "bedroom tax" means people who are deemed to under-occupy their homes by one bedroom losing 14 per cent of their housing benefit. For two bedrooms, this rises to 25 per cent. The Government says the benefit changes are necessary to deal with the country's finances and around 5,500 people in the city were affected. However, a loophole in the legislation meant those who have been receiving housing benefit continuously since 1996 should not have been liable for the under-occupancy charge. This money will now be refunded. Read more on the Nottingham Post website.