Spatial Economics Research Centre (blog):
The `Bedroom Tax?: How did families react? Did the policy achieve its objectives?
16 May 2018
By Steve Gibbons
The ‘Bedroom Tax’ – or ‘under occupancy penalty’ or ‘removal of the spare room subsidy’ as it has been called officially – is a highly controversial part of the UK Government's recent social housing policy. The legislation was passed in April 2012 and came into effect in April 2013, and reduced housing benefits for social tenants – mainly council and housing association tenants - deemed to have a ‘spare’ bedroom.