Residents affected by the bedroom tax are set to receive up
to £900 in return for downsizing.
Whitefriars, a housing association which took over the former council
housing in Coventry ,
and the city council will gift tenants £300 per spare bedroom in a bid to free
up much-needed larger properties. The
cash will then be spent on removal costs or on decoration and flooring for
their new homes. Whitefriars has
pinpointed 150 homes which could be freed up under the scheme. It comes after
the government cut benefits to any housing association tenants with spare
bedrooms. Around 3,000 residents have
been affected in Coventry
alone. Read more on the Coventry
Observer website.
