Dozens of council tenants have been evicted from their
homes – after being unable to pay their rent due to the controversial bedroom
tax. And they are the first residents who have been booted out of their
properties by Stoke-on-Trent City Council where the spare room subsidy is the
sole reason which forced them to miss rent payments. The authority has
confirmed that in the last year a total of 65 tenants were evicted, with many
already in rent arrears before the introduction of bedroom tax in April 2013.
But 25 of that number went into arrears purely because of the levy, after
previously being able to afford their rent. Read more on the Stoke Sentinel
website.
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