Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith today announced that approved foster carers would be allowed to receive the same level of housing benefit in the future if they had an additional room.
Changes taking effect on 1 April will see social housing tenants lose 14 per cent of their housing benefit entitlement if they are considered to have a spare bedroom.
But Duncan Smith said that anyone who had fostered a child, or been approved as a foster carer in the last 12 months, would be able to retain a spare room whether or not a child is currently placed with them.
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