Housing Minister Grant Shapps has offered older tenants struggling to manage and heat their large family homes a dedicated officer to find them smaller properties more suited to their needs. Ministers are clear that they will not force people to move - but want to provide a helping hand to those wanting to do so. There are 430,000 under-occupied social homes in England - where tenants have two or more bedrooms more than they require. In many cases, these properties are occupied by elderly tenants whose children have since grown up and moved out. Mr Shapps has confirmed that councils from across the country managing the largest number of homes will get a share of £13million to make it easier for those tenants wanting to move from larger family homes to smaller, more manageable homes, to do so. Councils will be able to use this funding as they see fit to better meet the needs of their tenants. Find more information on the CLG website.
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