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Ensure households housing refugees do not lose the 25% single person discount

Submitted on Friday 11th March 2022

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Ensure households housing refugees do not lose the 25% single person discount

Petition Details

People who live alone can claim a 25% discount on their Council Tax. Some will have spare room(s) that could be used by refugees.
We ask the Government to include refugees as a category of people who are disregarded for Council Tax purposes, like children, students and live-in, unrelated carers.

Additional Information

At present households claiming the 25% discount could lose the Council Tax discount if they took in a refugee.
Councils will have already assumed a certain number of 25% discounts. Extending eligibility will not change Councils' budgets but it will enable more people to offer space to refugees, reducing demand on other housing.
Individual Councils can do this as a local Council Tax discount, but a national change would send a national message of welcome to refugees, including from the Ukraine.


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