Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: interim evaluation report

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/removal-of-the-spare-room-subsidy-interim-evaluation-report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28308093

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jul/15/bedroom-tax-hardship-dwp-study

The report notes that just 45 tenants were evicted as a direct result of the bedroom tax during the first six months of its implementation – over half of them by one unnamed social landlord.

However, more than 35% of tenants affected by the bedroom tax had been issued with formal eviction warning letters by autumn 2013. Social landlords predicted “widespread concern about potential future evictions”.