{"id":2337,"date":"2015-12-22T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T13:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:50:01","slug":"bedroom-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2015\/12\/22\/bedroom-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedroom tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-evaluation-final-report\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> (often referred to as the &#8216;bedroom tax&#8217;) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.\u00a0 The report explores the effects of the cuts to Housing Benefit for working age social housing tenants who are deemed to be under-occupying their home.\u00a0 It found hardship to the extent that some clients had cut back on food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">For background information on the policy see the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/researchbriefings.parliament.uk\/ResearchBriefing\/Summary\/SN06272\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">House of Commons Briefing paper on under occupancy of social housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Advice for consumers from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/england.shelter.org.uk\/get_advice\/housing_benefit_and_local_housing_allowance\/changes_to_housing_benefit\/bedroom_tax\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">Shelter.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Other research include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">University of Manchester <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seed.manchester.ac.uk\/medialibrary\/research\/Bedroom-Tax-Final-Report.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">qualitative \u00a0study on children in Manchester<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\"> which found a negative impact on schooling. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Briefings from the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cih.org\/publication-free\/display\/vpathDCR\/templatedata\/cih\/publication-free\/data\/Scotland\/Bedroom_tax_tribunal_rulings\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">Chartered Institute of housing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.housing.org.uk\/blog\/bedroom-tax-the-results-are-in\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri\">National Federation of Housing<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 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