Social Rented Housing: Rents

(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for a direction to be given to the Social Housing Regulator to limit rent increases to CPI + 1 for five years from 2020.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 18th December 2017

The Government has announced plans to set a long term rent deal for housing associations and councils. Under the proposal announced in October, annual social rent increases will be limited to CPI+1 per cent for 5 years from 2020. This will be reflected in a draft direction from the Secretary of State to the Social Housing Regulator, which the Government will consult on in 2018 with a view to issuing the direction before the end of 2018.

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