Petition Exempt Disabled People from having to pay the Spare Room Subsidy (BEDROOM TAX)

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Under the Act, Housing Benefit criteria now take into consideration the number of rooms and number of people occupying a property and restrict payments to allow for one bedroom per person or per couple. If it is deemed that there are too many rooms in a rented dwelling for the number of occupants, an "under-occupancy penalty" is applied which reduces housing benefit by 14% for one extra room and by 25% for two or more extra bedrooms.

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18 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 18 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 30 March 2015
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