The ‘bedroom tax’ will lead to the break-up of rural
communities who are bearing the brunt of benefit cuts, a leading rural network
has warned. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) says the
Government’s under-occupation charge for social housing tenants will force
people to leave the villages where they grew up. The charity says a dearth of
one and two-bedroom homes in the countryside means rural tenants have no choice
but to move into towns and cities if they cannot make up the rent shortfall.
