Assessment of the Effect of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy on Foster Carers, Adopters and Special Guardians (DfE, 2014-2015)
This project explored the effect of housing benefit reforms on current and prospective foster carers, adopters and special guardians and how effectively local authorities have supported these groups. It involved detailed work with local authorities to quantify the number of foster carers, adopters and special guardians affected by the policy change, understand the effect on recruitment of foster carers, adopters and special guardians and their attitudes to their role and make an assessment of the sustainability of agencies’ responses to this impact going forward.