Three Quarters of Bedroom Tax Tenants Won’t Move

Three quarters of tenants who will be affected by the bedroom tax would refuse to move even if smaller properties were available, research conducted by one landlord has suggested.  Staffordshire-based housing association Aspire has found 379 of the 560 tenants it has spoken to who will be affected by the under-occupation penalty are prepared to cope with a reduction in housing benefit rather than move home.  Around 880 of the 9,000 properties owned or managed by Aspire will be affected by the penalty. The landlord is in the process of contacting the remaining people who will be affected, and said initial results suggest around 75 per cent are once again saying they won’t move.  Read more on Inside Housing.