Tuesday, 20 August 2013

When Is a Bedroom Not a Bedroom?

When it’s in a Welwyn Hatfield Council area.  Welwyn Hatfield Council lies in the Constituency of Grant Shapps, former Housing Minister. The Cabinet of Welwyn Hatfield Council have decided to ‘Reclassify Bedrooms’.  According to the minutes of a recent Welwyn Hatfield Community Housing Trust Panel meeting “The Panel recommended that Council homes with one bedroom which was less than 50 square feet (4.65 square metres) be reclassified so that a room of this size or smaller was not classed as a bedroom for welfare reform purposes.
RESOLVED:
That the Panel’s recommendation be approved and Council homes with
one bedroom which was less than 50 square feet (4.65 square metres) be reclassified so that a room of this size or smaller”   Read more on the Michelle Kent blog.

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