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Revise or Revoke Under-Occupancy Penalty, AKA Bedroom Tax

Submitted on Saturday 23rd January 2016

Rejected on Friday 1st April 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Revise or Revoke Under-Occupancy Penalty, AKA Bedroom Tax

Petition Details

I would like to see the Under-Occupancy Penalty, AKA Bedroom Tax, either completely revoked or revised to make it fairer, especially for single person claimants.

Further, I would like see DHP (Discretionary Housing Payments) made available to everyone, not just people with disabilities.

Additional Information

I would like to see the Under-Occupancy Penalty removed or revised so as to allow up to one room beyond daily requirements without incurring any kind of benefits penalty. I also feel that shelters, for victims of abuse, and similar locations, including locations with council installed panic facilities, should be fully exempt from this (Under-Occupancy) penalty.

Further, full, details, including links, can be found here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/nobedtax


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to ask clearly for a specific action.

We already have a petition asking for the bedroom tax to be revoked completely:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119965

If you would like the under-occupancy penalty to be changed in the way you describe, you could start a new petition asking for that to happen.

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