The bedroom tax is a cut in housing benefit or universal credit housing costs if you rent your home from a community landlord and are classed as having a spare bedroom. It can also be known as an ‘under-occupancy charge’.
If your housing benefit or UC housing costs are cut as a result of the bedroom tax, you will have to pay your any difference between what you receive and the amount of your rent.
If you are struggling to pay your rent as a result of the bedroom tax, you could apply to Torfaen Council for help through DHP.
Contact Torfaen on 01495 762200 to discuss further, or we can look at raising a support referral.