Greater Manchester’s councils spent nearly £5m helping
people hit by the government’s controversial bedroom tax last year. The
region’s town halls spent £4.8m in discretionary housing payments to help
people on housing benefits who could no longer afford their rent because of the
removal of the spare room subsidy. People living in social housing are
penalised for having spare bedrooms, say opponents, with some residents
effectively priced out of their own homes. The latest DWP figures show there
has been a near 16pc increase in Greater Manchester in discretionary housing
payments made because of the bedroom tax. Read more on the Manchester Evening
News website.
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