With the empty bedroom subsidy about to end, it is good to see the Joseph Rowntree Housing Association taking positive steps to encourage residents to move into accommodation of a size that meets their needs.

They are holding a property swap event today (Friday 22 March 2013) between 3pm and 5pm at The Folk Hall, New Earswick. You don’t have to be a Jo Ro tenant to attend. More details here.

This is the kind of initiative that the York Council should be taking (instead of grumbling darkly about an imaginary “bedroom tax”!)

Shame that the event hasn’t been better publicised though. It’s more important than some stories that make the press!

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