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Landmark ruling in appeal against Bedroom Tax
Bedroom Tax has been a hot topic of late, with many social renters struggling to cope with the charge. There might be a chink of light in all the gloom though, as a tribunal in Middlesbrough has decided a child of parents who are living apart is entitled to have their own bedroom in each of their parents’ homes, and that Bedroom Tax shouldn’t apply.
While the local authority felt that a single man, in a two-bed semi, was under-occupying his home, Judge Moss disagreed and said that his child was entitled to his own room “and consequently no deduction applies”, adding: “It’s now a normal part of society that children split their time between their parents.”
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