A tax on carers: Charities say 420,000 disabled people will be hit by bedroom tax

Thousands of disabled people could lose their homes and be plunged into debt thanks to the bedroom tax, charities say.

Anyone in a council or housing ­association property will have their housing benefit cut by 14% if they have a spare room and by 25% if they have two or more spare rooms.

But campaigners say 420,000 disabled people, their families and carers will be hit harder by the changes in April.

In a letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith they warn today: “Unless disabled people and their families are protected, those affected face financial ­hardship or being forced to move – moving them away from their networks of support and out of homes adapted for their needs.”

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