The Samaritans have been drafted in by Liverpool 's
Riverside Housing Association to help deal with desperate tenants on the brink
of suicide because of the bedroom tax. Staff at Riverside Housing Association’s
head office in Speke are being trained by phone counsellors from the Samaritans
as workers struggle to cope with the high volume of calls from tenants at risk
of suicide. And South Liverpool Homes
(SLH) said in early May a tenant attempted suicide over the bedroom tax and
earlier this year a resident committed suicide over issues believed to be
related to financial hardship. Read more
on the Liverpool Echo website.
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