In brief...The bedroom tax

Stephen Gibbons, Maria Sanchez-Vidal and Olmo Silva

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Abstract: The 'bedroom tax' - a UK government policy introduced in 2013 that cut housing benefits for social tenants deemed to have a 'spare' bedroom - saved some public money, according to research by Steve Gibbons and colleagues. But the policy added further strain to the finances of people who were already disadvantaged. Their study, which examines whether the policy achieved its objectives and how the targeted families reacted, finds that the burden of the bedroom tax fell on social tenants who were unwilling or unable to move.

Keywords: social housing; social rents; bedroom tax; housing benefits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 H55 R21 R28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
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