Spare Room Subsidy (Commonly known as 'Bedroom Tax') - The Customer's Experience |
In April 2013, the government introduced a policy aimed at tackling the issue of social housing tenants who were in receipt of Housing Benefit, and living in homes larger than they needed.
For many years Housing Benefit paid to those renting from a private landlord has been subject to restrictions based on size requirements and the main intentions of this reform was to bring similar restrictions to those in social housing and to encourage people of working age into work.
In a poll conducted by Ipsos MORI 78% of respondents said they thought it was important to tackle to the problem, which has led to nearly one third of social housing tenants who receive Housing Benefit, living in homes that are too big for their needs.
The 'removal of the Housing Benefit spare room subsidy' reform has been commonly referred to and become well known as 'The Bedroom Tax' as those in receipt of Housing Benefit are having the amount of benefit they receive restricted if they have one or more spare bedrooms in their property.
As part of a professional qualification through the IRRV (Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation) I am conducting research into the effects of this policy in a bid to find ways of making improvements in our working practice and working relationships with outside organisations and Social Sector Landlords.
Any opinions based on the findings will be included in my research as my own, but there may be improvements and recommendations that are implemented by ARP throughout the process.
The answers you provide are entirely confidential. The aim of the survey is to find out the impact of the new legislation to the population as a whole, and responses will not be linked back to individuals.
Thank you for taking the time to answer this short survey of 13 questions which will take no more than 10-15 minutes of your time.
For many years Housing Benefit paid to those renting from a private landlord has been subject to restrictions based on size requirements and the main intentions of this reform was to bring similar restrictions to those in social housing and to encourage people of working age into work.
In a poll conducted by Ipsos MORI 78% of respondents said they thought it was important to tackle to the problem, which has led to nearly one third of social housing tenants who receive Housing Benefit, living in homes that are too big for their needs.
The 'removal of the Housing Benefit spare room subsidy' reform has been commonly referred to and become well known as 'The Bedroom Tax' as those in receipt of Housing Benefit are having the amount of benefit they receive restricted if they have one or more spare bedrooms in their property.
As part of a professional qualification through the IRRV (Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation) I am conducting research into the effects of this policy in a bid to find ways of making improvements in our working practice and working relationships with outside organisations and Social Sector Landlords.
Any opinions based on the findings will be included in my research as my own, but there may be improvements and recommendations that are implemented by ARP throughout the process.
The answers you provide are entirely confidential. The aim of the survey is to find out the impact of the new legislation to the population as a whole, and responses will not be linked back to individuals.
Thank you for taking the time to answer this short survey of 13 questions which will take no more than 10-15 minutes of your time.