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MPs suggest scrapping the bedroom tax in small rural settlements
The bedroom tax should be scrapped in smaller villages to prevent under-occupying tenants being forced out of the countryside, a group of MPs has…
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Deputy PM calls for a review to help young people into work
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called for a cross government review of schemes to help unemployed 18 to 24 year olds. Speaking at…
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Landlords consider demolition of large homes
Social landlords have warned the bedroom tax could lead to the demolition of homes as larger properties become increasingly hard to let in some…
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Emergency hardship fund – the reality
English councils received more than 13,272 extra applications for an emergency hardship fund in the first month of the bedroom tax. Inside Housing revealed…
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Overpayments of rent might help tenants
Social landlords should help tenants save money by allowing them to overpay their rent and shifting the excess into a separate account, according to…
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CIH findings report on Welfare Reform Challenges
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), in partnership with Circle Housing, has published its findings on how social landlords are preparing to meet the challenges posed…
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Exempt accommodation and the bedroom tax
The Federation has raised concerns with the DWP over the number of supported housing schemes with tenants hit by the bedroom tax because the…
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Latest briefings
Here are some of the latest briefings on welfare reform, the budget, the spending review and plans for housebuidling The latest in the series are…
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Claimants not ready for universal credit
The overwhelming majority of people likely to claim Universal Credit (UC) are not prepared to deal with the single-payment benefit reform by the time…
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Food banks and benefits
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Reform Lord Freud provoked anger amongst charities for being out of touch with the reality of life…
