Housing Association Will Pay Bedroom Tax

A city housing association says it will cover people’s bedroom tax shortfall if they make an effort to get a job. South Liverpool Housing Trust hopes that by giving people the financial help if they go on an eight-week work skills course, it will help them get jobs and be able to pay their own way.  But while the scheme has proved popular with some tenants, bedroom tax critics said they believed the move could reinforce the view that people suffering from the controversial benefit cut were “lazy scroungers” and that it could end up costing the housing association a huge sum. Read more on the Liverpool Echo website.