The leader of Crawley Borough Council has played down concerns tenants will be forced to take in a homeless lodger in its bid to mitigate the impacts of the Government’s under-occupation penalties which kick in from next year.
From next April, social tenants under-occupying their home by one bedroom will see their housing benefit reduced by 14 per cent. For two or more spare rooms, the reduction will increase to 25 per cent.
It has sent out a letter to 900 of the tenants affected informi...
