Monday, 24 February 2014

Bedroom Tax Boosts Activity on Home Swapping Websites

Websites offering social housing tenants the chance to avoid the bedroom tax by swapping homes have reported a huge rise in the number of users. The biggest site, HomeSwapper, said the number of properties being listed so occupants could move somewhere smaller had increased by a third. It said there were nearly 52,000 spare bedrooms in properties available for swapping. Another website, House Exchange, said registrations from potential downsizers were up by 49% year-on-year. Read more on the Guardian website.

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