Social landlord Riverside is continuing to pressure MPs to give up the bedroom tax and cites new research by the Housing Futures Network (HNF), a collection of leading housing groups, to support its case. The research, carried out for Riverside in Wirral’s Tranmere and Rock Ferry neighbourhood, found that one in four tenants would be affected by housing benefit cuts, if they are of working age and deemed to be under occupying their home by just one bedroom. This is in accordance with very strict criteria to be introduced by the Department of Work and Pensions. The cuts would not only affect tenants, but could have an impact on the local economy, which stands to lose £65,000 per annum just from Riverside tenants. For all social housing tenants affected in the area, the annual local economic impact could be as much as £400,000 per year. Read more on the Riverside website.
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