Figures claim at least 50,000 council tenants have fallen behind on their rent since the housing benefit welfare reforms came in.
Campaigners claim a third of those affected by the spare room subsidy, dubbed a "bedroom tax" by critics, are in arrears. The research comes from the TUC, which is claiming the figures will only rise.
The Methodist Church campaigned against the tax and spokesman Paul Morrison told Premier's News Hour he's not surprised by the figures:
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