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How Bedroom Tax works Housing benefit is calculated based on rules about how many bedrooms the Government thinks you need rather than how many bedrooms you have. The rules say that housing benefit will pay for one bedroom per person in the household. One ‘extra’ bedroom will mean your Housing Benefit drops by 14% a week. Two or more ‘extra’ bedrooms will mean a 25% cut in Housing Benefit. Fact 3.2 Airbnb as Bedroom Tax