A least one third of Newcastle's households have been hit
by the coalition's raft of welfare reforms that came in last April, an ALMO's
research has revealed. In particular,
the controversial bedroom tax has had a significant impact on the city's social
housing tenants. Your Homes Newcastle, the ALMO that runs Newcastle City
Council's housing stock, says that 4,703 of its tenants have been affected by
the bedroom tax. Recent figures show
that 60% of those affected by the bedroom tax in the city are now in arrears. The advent of the tax has seen the number of
empty two and three-bed flats tripling from 47 in February last year to 142 in
February this year, as more and more tenants are forced out of larger
properties. Read more on 24dash.
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Martyn Oliver says he knows of property values shooting up by £15,000 after
schools were graded as outstanding
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