词汇 | bedroom tax |
释义 | bedroom tax noun [ S ] UK informal uk/ˈbed.ruːm ˌtæks/ /ˈbed.rʊm ˌtæks/ us/ˈbed.ruːm ˌtæks/ /ˈbed.rʊm ˌtæks/ (俗称)睡房税(英国政府2012年开始推行的紧缩政策,削减有空置睡房的社会福利房住户所享有的福利) an informal name for a UK government policy introduced in 2012 that reduced the amount of housing benefit (= money to help poorer people pay their rent) paid to people living in houses that were considered to have more bedrooms than they needed Compare: underoccupancy charge |
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