Bedroom tax suicide

I agree, that suicide is rarely driven by one incident but this woman left a note and it seems the bedroom tax issue was the final straw for her. The bedroom tax is another nasty policy by a crowd of politicians who have simply no idea what life is like for folks who haven't had their advantages in life. It is cruel, will cause genuine financial hardship and emotional/psychological problems for so many people and what good will it do. The housing shortage won't be solved by adding further stress to people who are already struggling. I genuinely don't understand why the government isn't investing in building social housing, rather than punishing people already on the margins.

That's what the Samaritans spokesman said as well, Grannyknot - that there is rarely just one issue behind a suicide.

I agree that the 'bedroom tax' is all wrong - in some areas there just aren't any smaller properties to rent, and in other areas there isn't much of a waiting list for larger properties, apparently.

ga I feel really sorry for this woman and her family, and I think the 'bedroom tax' is wrong and it doesn't make sense (I certainly don't understand it, yet another example of a convoluted way of trying to fix something) - but it does seem as if she had other issues and problems. So I am not sure that I agree that the government is to blame for her decision to commit suicide.