Sentence examples for surplus bedrooms from inspiring English sources

When it brought in the controversial levy on "surplus" bedrooms in council-owned accommodation, the Government said grants known as discretionary housing payments (DHPs) would protect the most vulnerable.

Since April, social tenants in England, Scotland and Wales who are deemed to have surplus bedrooms have seen their housing benefit reduced.

In particular, the under-occupancy penalty on housing benefit claimants in social housing deemed to have surplus bedrooms should not apply where the tenants are unlikely to find alternative suitable accommodation in the area, it said.

"Either for guests, or an extra family member," he said, a surplus bedroom is almost always seen as an advantage.

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 proposed various changes to the rules governing social security benefits in the UK, including an "under-occupancy penalty" to be imposed on households that were receiving housing benefit and that were judged to have bedrooms surplus to their requirements.

About 670,000 households will face a 14% cut in housing benefit for the first bedroom deemed surplus to requirements and 25% for two or more bedrooms.

"My bedroom was surplus to its requirements.

I was called "one of the major lyric voices of our time" while I was sleeping in a U.S. Army surplus bed in the unfinished basement bedroom in my family's government-built house.

While Fat Dudley Dursley has two bedrooms (one just for his surplus _________, like the television set he put his foot through when his favorite show was canceled), Harry is forced to sleep in a crawl space under the _________, has never had a _________ party in his 11 years and must wear his cousin's way baggy hand-me-down clothes.

Snapping up army surplus parts, he repaired radios out of his bedroom.

However, it means that bedrooms used by foster children will also be deemed surplus and ineligible for financial support.