PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Rented Housing: Rents (14 September 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether social rents will revert to the previously agreed settlement of Consumer Price Index plus one per cent from 1 April 2020.

Asked by:
Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)

The Government has announced plans to set a long term rent deal for councils and housing associations. Under the proposal announced on 4 October, increases to social housing rents will be limited to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 1 per cent for 5 years from 2020. This announcement recognises the need for a stable financial environment to support the delivery of new homes.

Answered by:
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
13 October 2017