Hundreds of family-sized homes across Merseyside are
still standing empty because the bedroom tax has made them too expensive to
live in. Earlier this year the Echo revealed there was a “dire shortage” of
smaller flats at the same time as lots of larger vacant homes because residents
were desperate to escape the under-occupancy charge. Eight months on and
housing associations told us this week the bedroom tax legacy is still causing
problems. Cobalt Housing currently has 50 empty three and four bedroom homes,
up from 27 in March, and Plus Dane has 100 empty three and four bedroom homes,
up from 84 in March. Read more on the Liverpool Echo website.
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