Supported Housing Tenants Will Benefit From Rent Reduction

Stevenage Borough Council has pledged to defy the government and implement a 1% rent reduction for supported housing tenants. The government last month announced supported housing will be excluded from the four-year rent reduction for a year from April while the government considers the findings of its review into the costs of specialist housing. However Labour-led Stevenage Council, which set its rent levels the day before the government announcement, is now “reassuring” its supported housing tenants their rents will be reduced by 1% in 2016/17. The council has 959 supported housing properties and has estimated the rent cut will cost £79,000, which will come out of its housing revenue account. Read more on the Stevenage BC website.