Salford residents take a stand against the bedroom tax


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Angered tenants are set to lobby Salford’s major housing provider this Thursday over dissatisfaction towards measures to protect them from the bedroom tax.

Little Hulton and Walkden residents who live in some of the worst hit areas in Salford will be the first in the city to take a stand against their social housing provider over the tax when they protest outside City West Housing Trust. They are part of a new wave of communities beginning to come together across the country in opposition to the new measure which could see an increase in debts, evictions and even homeless .

They want staff to change their policies to ensure that tenants who do not pay the bedroom tax are not put at risk. Amongst their demands is that City West commit to not pursuing a policy of evictions if residents do not pay and consider re-classifying some of their properties…

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