The Bedroom Tax (also known as Spare Room Subsidy) is a change to Housing Benefit Entitlement that restricts housing benefits for tenants of working age (16-61) living in a housing association or council property that is deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms. Tenants with one spare bedroom lose 14% of entitled housing benefit and those with two or more spare bedrooms lose 25% of entitlement. Possible exemptions exist for tenants receiving a state pension, rent a shared ownership property, have a severely disabled child who requires their own room, have a foster child, or have a child how is on duty in the armed forces.
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Response rates from 2.3k DE voters.
56% Yes |
44% No |
33% Yes |
44% No |
15% Yes, but only if they refuse to move to an available smaller property |
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9% Yes, but with exception for those with disabled family members |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 2.3k DE voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 2.3k DE voters.
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Unique answers from DE voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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No, but housing should on a ‘need’ basis and re-assessed yearly so people can move to their ‘need’ level.
@9QW6FF89mos9MO
No/Maybe - The housing association should be fined for not finding or acquiring suitable accommodation. Fine the tenant only if tenant refuses to downsize given a suitable offer.
@9QLSK839mos9MO
Yes but only if they refuse to move to a smaller property with the exception being they can stay in that home if they have been there for ten years or more
@9QJWJ699mos9MO
Yes, but only with certain exceptions, such as disabled family members or they refuse to move to an available smaller property etc.
@9QBRZFX 9mos9MO
Only if the number of bedrooms greatly outweighs the number of occupants, no disabled people live at the property, there is need for their property by others and a refusal to move to a suitable smaller property
@9Q72V5Y9mos9MO
We should have good quality housing and if the tenant refuses a social house they should go to the back of the queue. If a house is clearly too big then this should be reviewed
@9Q636GC9mos9MO
There should be a contract that states when they no longer need all the bedrooms they are given something smaller, to meet the current need. Social housing should not be seen as a right to reside for life
@Jollyjuggler 9mos9MO
Yes. However length of time at a property should be a factor. Asking someone to leave the family home now the children have grown might be a little unkind. Based on demand
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