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A deaf and blind man who uses his spare bedroom to store braille equipment fears that he could lose his home due to the ?bedroom tax? as lawyers warned that the controversial measure is having a discriminatory impact on the disabled.
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is facing mounting legal challenges from organisations representing disabled tenants affected by the tax, which argue that it has a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable, and may breach human rights.
Severely disabled Martyn Styles, 50, of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, fears he will be forced to choose between having a carer and keeping his home as a result of the tax, which penalises tenants if they have a ?spare? bedroom by reducing their housing benefit by up to 25 per cent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-disabled-legal-challenges-mount-8909339.html
Isn't life hard enough for the poor man?
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, is facing mounting legal challenges from organisations representing disabled tenants affected by the tax, which argue that it has a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable, and may breach human rights.
Severely disabled Martyn Styles, 50, of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, fears he will be forced to choose between having a carer and keeping his home as a result of the tax, which penalises tenants if they have a ?spare? bedroom by reducing their housing benefit by up to 25 per cent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-disabled-legal-challenges-mount-8909339.html
Isn't life hard enough for the poor man?