Social Rented Housing: Council Tax

(asked on 22nd March 2023) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the affordability of Council Tax on social tenants in housing valued in Bands D or above.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 27th March 2023

Councils are responsible for taking decisions on council tax, taking into account local circumstances, although the Government maintains referendum thresholds to protect residents from excessive increases.

Councils are required to put in place local support schemes for taxpayers in financial need. For 2023-24, the Government is providing councils with £100 million of additional funding to support vulnerable households with their bills.

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