DWP Moves To End Bedroom Tax Dodge

Government officials have acted to stop social landlords using a Universal Credit regulation to protect their income from the impact of the bedroom tax. A number of landlords had spotted a little-known clause in complex benefit regulations that allows them to collect the rent shortfall resulting from the bedroom tax for tenants in arrears. The use of the regulation does not protect tenants from the bedroom tax, as the money is still deducted from their overall Universal Credit award. However, it means that landlords do not have to collect the shortfall in benefit from the affected tenants. Read more on Inside Housing.