A woman who has lived in the same property for more than 30 years says it is going to cost her an extra fifteen hundred pounds a year to stay in her home, because of the so-called 'Bedroom Tax'. Linda Jarrell is disabled. She says she cannot face leaving her home, and will have to find the money.
Housing associations across the South say they are gearing up to help thousands of tenants hit by a reduction in housing benefit in the upcoming welfare reforms.
There are just a few days to go before the new rules come into effect. Our social affairs correspondent Christine Alsford reports.
A widow who was told she would need to pay an extra £14 per week to stay in her home, is packing the last of her belongings and moving out.
Under government welfare reforms, her two bedroom bungalow is judged to have more space than she needs. So she's having to move out before her housing benefit is cut back.
Thousands of people in the South say the so called "Bedroom Tax" is unfair. But isn't it just as unfair to expect others to spend months and years on waiting lists in cramped and overcrowded conditions?
With 250,000 households living in overcrowded rented accommodation, can you tell the other side of the story? If so email christine.alsford@itv.com.
Protests against controversial welfare reforms have been held across the region despite assurances from the Government that the most vulnerable will be protected.
Parents of children with disabilities and foster carers have been told they won't be forced to pay extra towards their rent or move to smaller houses once the Government's so-called ''bedroom tax'' comes into force. But some say that the exemptions don't go far enough. Charlotte Wilkins reports.
Some people have learned they will be exempt from the Government's plans for a so-called "bedroom tax" or "spare room subsidy". But for others, the worry continues, Charlotte Wilkins reports.
It's cruel. It will lead to people losing their homes - and it won't save the money it's supposed to. That's what some MPs are saying about the government's new 'bedroom tax' that comes into force in a matter of weeks.
It's cruel, will lead to people losing their homes, and won't save the money it's supposed to. That's the claim of some MPs in the region on the Government's new bedroom tax that comes into force in a matter of weeks.
New rules will dock the housing benefit of tenants with a spare room. The Government says the change is necessary to cut a soaring benefits bill and free up social housing for those that need it the most.
We'll be talking to people affected by the tax - and those who support it - today.
Sandra Arnold lives alone in her three bedroom home in Birchington where she raised her family for 17 years.
With the bedroom tax looming her son has helped her pack up ready to go - and she's burnt her belongings that won't fit into a smaller place in a bonfire in the garden.
A mother who fears that her two disabled children may have to be put into care because of the so called bedroom tax, says she's had no advice about what to do.
Barbara Hills says her children need a room each at their three bedroom house in Kent. But under government plans, council housing tenants will either have their benefits cut or they'll have to move to a smaller house if they're judged to have spare bedrooms.
Bedroom tax: a mother's fears for her disabled children
A mother from Rainham has said her two disabled children may have to be put into care because of the so called bedroom tax.
Barbara Hills says her children need a room each at their three bedroom house in Kent. But under government plans, council housing tenants will either have their benefits cut or they'll have to move to a smaller house if they're judged to have spare bedrooms.
