{"id":23171,"date":"2014-11-04T14:14:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=23171"},"modified":"2014-11-04T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T14:14:04","slug":"local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Group to protest bedroom tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Housing and anti-poverty campaigners will gather outside the Senedd on <a title=\"The protest Facebook event\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/721530277934842\/?ref=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">22 November<\/a> to protest \u2018the bedroom tax\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/721530277934842\/?ref=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Against The Bedroom Tax<\/a> will protest as they believe the Welsh government is not doing enough to repeal the tax.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23189\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23189\" alt=\"Cardiff Against Bedroom Tax did a similar demonstration on 26 October. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes.\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23189\" alt=\"Cardiff Against Bedroom Tax did a similar demonstration on 26 October. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes.\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff Against Bedroom Tax did a similar demonstration on 26 October. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The policy, formally known as the Welfare Reform Act 2012, financially penalises those in social housing for having empty bedrooms. If tenants cannot pay they are forced to find smaller homes.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Adam Johannes says, \u201cMany people the government says should move house have lived in their homes for 20 or 30 years, often bringing up families.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23191\" alt=\"Many people affected are now finding themselves in debt for the first time. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02.png 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23191\" alt=\"Many people affected are now finding themselves in debt for the first time. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes. \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02.png 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt02-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript> Many people affected are now finding themselves in debt for the first time. Photo courtesy of Adam Johannes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He says hundreds of the 4,000 Cardiff residents being hit by the tax are falling into debt despite never having been in arrears before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough a minority have chosen to move, most people are staying put and paying and falling ever deeper into debt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Against The Bedroom Tax feel the Welsh government is not helping enough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":23189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3088,3991,3630,3992,1892,3993,325],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-bedroom-tax","tag-cardiff-against-the-bedroom-tax","tag-debt","tag-lord-freud","tag-protest","tag-the-senedd","tag-welsh-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Group to protest bedroom tax - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Group to protest bedroom tax - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff Against The Bedroom Tax feel the Welsh government is not helping enough\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-04T14:14:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"altcardiff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"altcardiff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/\",\"name\":\"Group to protest bedroom tax - alt.cardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-04T14:14:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/de310c54cac78ee98ab979d1d9838514\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2014\/11\/04\/local-campaign-group-to-protest-bedroom-tax\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/11\/cabt01.png\",\"width\":480,\"height\":312,\"caption\":\"Cardiff Against Bedroom Tax did a similar demonstration on 26 October. 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