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<p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The removal of the spare room subsidy
(RSRS) policy applies to claims for housing support where the claimant is living in
the social rented sector in a property that is considered to have more bedrooms than
the household requires.</p><p> </p><p>The policy helps encourage mobility within the
social rented sector to make better use of the existing social housing stock and strengthens
work-incentives.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to abolish this policy and easements
are available to support disabled people and carers, the families of disabled children,
foster carers, parents who adopt, parents of service personnel and people who have
suffered a bereavement. The deduction does not apply to pensioners in receipt of Housing
Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who may require additional support, Discretionary
Housing Payments (DHPs) may be available. DHP payments are entirely at the discretion
of the local authority and since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.7 billion
to local authorities.</p>
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