Pensioners soon be hit by bedroom tax?

In that article it says there are pensioners with 4/5/6 spare bedrooms, really! I thought it was only people in Social housing that were liable for bedroom tax , so there are 5/6 bedroom council houses with pensioners in them?

Or am I totally getting the wrong end of the stick?

quite right that pensioners should not be exempt from the 'spare room subsidy' (aka erroneously known as the 'bedroom tax') as it has become one more stick with which the younger generation beat us as it seems to be linked in their minds with 'free bus pass, free heating and free TV licences'

it already applies to private rentals, definately applies to those of us who need to consider downsizing when we own our own home, so should apply to those socially housed.

It would be good if council housing could be distributed and occupied to those who NEED the extra bedrooms especially in booming cities.