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Govt loses bedroom tax case
The government has lost its battle to impose the bedroom tax on partners of those with severe disabilities after the Supreme Court ruled that…
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Government exemption not yet made to bedroom tax
The government is yet to exempt certain people with a disability from the bedroom tax despite a Supreme Court ruling in November 2016. Inside Housing…
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Arrears rise due to bedroom tax
The proportion of social housing tenants with rent arrears spiked following the introduction of the bedroom tax, new data reveals. According to Inside Housing:…
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Less underoccupation – social rented sector
The proportion of social housing households under-occupying their homes according to overcrowding standards has fallen to the lowest level on record. English Housing Survey…
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Landlords protecting bedroom tax income
Social landlords are understood to be using a little-known Universal Credit regulation to protect their income from the impact of the bedroom tax. A number…
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HCA to probe welfare reform
The English social housing regulator will launch an investigation into the impact of the government’s fresh welfare spending cuts on housing associations following the…
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The bedroom tax – where are we now?
When elected to a majority government, David Cameron and his ministers inside the Department for Communities and Local Government must have thought they’d won…
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Disability – watershed case in Discretionary payments
Disabled people could be set to receive an increase in financial help with their housing costs Accorsing to inside Housing: Councils are reviewing all…
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Welfare Reform Impact report
In August 2012, we commissioned Ipsos MORI and the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research to undertake a programme of research to understand…
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Loophole to get refunds on bedroom tax
A Kent housing association has used its unique ‘unregistered’ status to secure 788 tenants bedroom tax refunds worth in total more than £500,000. MHS…
