{"id":6595,"date":"2014-02-12T10:58:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T09:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6595"},"modified":"2015-10-09T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T09:36:44","slug":"britains-problem-in-the-bedroom-department-remains-to-be-satisfactorily-resolved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6595","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s problem in the bedroom department remains to be satisfactorily resolved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/britains-problem-in-the-bedroom-department-remains-to-be-satisfactorily-resolved.jpg\" alt=\"britains-problem-in-the-bedroom-department-remains-to-be-satisfactorily-resolved\" width=\"650\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/britains-problem-in-the-bedroom-department-remains-to-be-satisfactorily-resolved.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/britains-problem-in-the-bedroom-department-remains-to-be-satisfactorily-resolved-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 85vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bedroom Tax Turmoil&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some 38 % of families in social housing who have had their rent contributions affected by the &#8220;bedroom tax&#8221; are in arrears, the National Housing Federation reports. Less than a year after the imposition of the tax, the arrears are building inexorably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A poll of Housing Associations found 72,000 tenants in arrears, ignoring the number of Council tenants who may also be in arrears and those in receipt of benefits who rent in the private sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Further, it has been reported that some 16,000 homes have been unlawfully charged with the tax at an average of \u00c2\u00a314 per week per household.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some 1 in 7 of those in arrears have now been served with eviction notices, which is a trend symptomatic of landlords in an increasingly strong market simply asking the question &#8220;who wants to let a property to people who have shown that they cannot keep up, for whatever reason, their rental payments?&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not for nothing has Britain&#8217;s most prolific buy to let Landlord, Fergus Wilson, declared that he will no longer accept tenants who require housing benefits. Historically, it was possible to be in receipt of the Housing benefit as a private landlord directly from the Council, enabling a slightly lower return, but with no risk of rental arrears. Now, with benefits transferring straight to the tenant, few private landlords are likely to rely on tenants who require benefits and have a poor payment track record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The issue, then, will increasingly concern social housing and more pressure is likely to be put on social providers to provide for those evicted by private landlords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Housing Federation chief executive David Orr said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can argue over what to call the policy, but there is no disputing the impact that the bedroom tax is having across the country. It is heaping misery and hardship on already struggling families, pushing them into arrears. Now many are at risk of being evicted because they simply can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find the extra money to pay their rent.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153These people have done nothing wrong. The Government has suddenly changed the rules and given them a false choice: move to a smaller home or pay. Yet we know there aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough smaller homes in England for these families to move into.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Housing associations are doing all they can to avoid evicting residents, but as not-for-profit organisations they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t simply write-off unpaid rent. From day one we have said the bedroom tax is unfair, unworkable and just bad policy. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s putting severe pressure on thousands of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s poorest people and must be repealed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Britain&#8217;s problem in the bedroom department remains to be satisfactorily resolved!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Property Surveying UK\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">LCB \/ SRJ \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 12.02.14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bedroom Tax Turmoil&#8230; Some 38 % of families in social housing who have had their rent contributions affected by the &#8220;bedroom tax&#8221; are in arrears, the National Housing Federation reports. Less than a year after the imposition of the tax, the arrears are building inexorably. A poll of Housing Associations found 72,000 tenants in arrears, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Britain&#8217;s problem in the bedroom department remains to be satisfactorily resolved!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-6595","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Britain&#039;s problem in the bedroom department remains to be satisfactorily resolved! - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bedroom Tax Turmoil... 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