Housing Minister Grant Shapps has offered tenants a Cashback deal worth billions to take control of their own homes. Launching Tenant Cashback, Mr Shapps said there are millions of social housing tenants who take great pride in looking after their homes - and that he thinks "it's about time we make it worthwhile for many more tenants to show this kind of responsibility". Social housing landlords responsible for England's more than 4 million social homes spend an average of £1000 per property annually on repairs - maintenance that tenants could, very often, do themselves, saving landlords money in the process. Tenant Cashback will allow residents to take more control of their repairs budgets for their homes, for example carry out their own DIY, or commission it locally and pocket any savings made. Cash they could use however they want - for example, towards a deposit on their own house. The move could see a bonanza for small businesses - local painters, plumbers or carpenters - as more of the money is spent locally. The scheme will be piloted by housing associations before legislation will give all tenants the option to request it from their landlord. Read more on the CLG website.
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