Social Rented Housing: Rents

(asked on 11th October 2017) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact assessment they have made of their decision to raise social housing rents by the value of Consumer Price Index + 1 per cent from April 2020, and whether they will publish any such impact assessment.


This question was answered on 25th October 2017

The Government has announced plans for a long term rent deal for housing associations and councils, in which annual 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 next year. An impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation.

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