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  'Bedroom tax will hurt most vulnerable' say housing associations, as London
  
  council suggests affected couples foster a child to avoid losing housing benefit
  
  Report says there is no need for people to move in some areas as families with
  
  a spare room outnumber overcrowded households by three to one
  
  The introduction of the "bedroom tax" could backfire by increasing the benefits bill
  
  and failing to tackle overcrowding, housing associations forecast this evening.
  
  Their warning came ahead of Monday's introduction of a scheme under which
  
  people living in social properties deemed too large for their needs lose up to 25 per cent
  
  of their housing benefit entitlement.
  
  The Independent reported yesterday that Frank Field, a former welfare minister, had
  
  appealed to landlords to take direct action against the "wicked" moves by knocking down
  
  walls or bricking up doors. More than 50 rallies against the bedroom tax will be staged
  
  across the United Kingdom on Saturday.

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