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Bedroom tax.

Hello everyone,
im sure this has been discussed before but I have only just joined.
I have a rented two bed house. I have been paying £14 a week bedroom tax even though I suffer very badly with my mental health resulting in needing friends/family to stay with me on a regular basis.
The local cal authority have told me that unless I need a full time carer living with me all the time then I am not entitled to the second room.
Is this correct? They are now telling me that the only thing I can do is move into a one bedroom place. This, as you can imagine is causing me a lot of stress and will cost me a lot of money.
Help!
Libby
im sure this has been discussed before but I have only just joined.
I have a rented two bed house. I have been paying £14 a week bedroom tax even though I suffer very badly with my mental health resulting in needing friends/family to stay with me on a regular basis.
The local cal authority have told me that unless I need a full time carer living with me all the time then I am not entitled to the second room.
Is this correct? They are now telling me that the only thing I can do is move into a one bedroom place. This, as you can imagine is causing me a lot of stress and will cost me a lot of money.
Help!
Libby
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Do you receive pip standard rate care. I think that permits a carer to stay over.