Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Bedroom Tax Has Failed To Solve Under-Occupancy – Report

The government’s controversial bedroom tax has failed to ease under occupancy in the social housing sector, its main aim, a report has revealed. The 'Here and There: One year of the Bedroom Tax' report, composed by six housing associations, is the first to analyse a complete year’s data on the impact the under-occupancy policy has had on tenants.  It has revealed that nearly three quarters of people who were affected have been unable to downsize to escape it because of a shortage of smaller homes, and that housing associations are struggling to let larger homes as demand has plummeted.  Download a copy of the report from the Grand Union Housing website.

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