Benefits Change Blamed For Slump in Demand of Three-Bedroom Homes

The county’s most popular size of social housing has now become the least desirable thanks to the proposed ‘bedroom tax’, a housing association claims. Riverside, Carlisle’s largest social landlord, has seen a U-turn in the attitude of people searching for new homes which it attributes to the proposed tax. Last week the housing association advertised two three-bedroom houses, but had just one applicant for each. Read more on the Carlisle News and Star website.