High Court to Hear ‘Bedroom Tax’ Challenge

The High Court will today (15 May) begin hearing a series of legal challenges to the government’s ‘bedroom tax’. Lawyers representing 10 families who feel they have been discriminated against by the penalty for under-occupation of social housing will set out their arguments over the next three days. The three law firms representing the families argue they need all the bedrooms in their properties, and are unable to take measures to make up the shortfall in housing benefit by increasing their working hours or taking in lodgers. Read more on Inside Housing.