Bedroom Tax Tenants Failing To Pay Rent

A housing association has revealed that half of its tenants affected by the bedroom tax have failed to cover the resulting shortfall in their rent.  South Yorkshire Housing Association has around 700 households affected by the spare room subsidy, commonly known as the bedroom tax, under which social tenants of working age deemed to have spare bedrooms have their benefit reduced. Half its 700 tenants who are affected have underpaid their rent by an average of £60.  Read more on Inside Housing.