Helen has lived alone in her three-bedroom house since 2005, when her husband and son both died. With the introduction of bedroom tax, she is classed as having two spare rooms. She is now £117 in arrears and has been threatened with eviction. Helen is blind and explains, “If I lost the house, I would have to learn my way around a new house.” The local council leader said he would try to get benefits officers to exempt her, but that there was nothing the council could do to avoid implementing the tax.