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.
