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Housing Benefit - bedroom calculator for social housing tenants
If you rent your home from the council or a housing association, your Housing Benefit may be cut from April 2013. This could happen if you're of working age and your home is larger than you need. This is also known as the 'bedroom tax', the ‘under-occupancy charge’, the ‘social sector size criteria’ and the ‘removal of the spare room subsidy’. Read about:
Work out how many bedrooms you'll be entitled to. Enter the details of all the people you expect to be living in your household from April 2013 and select 'Continue'. Required information is marked with an asterisk (*).











