TPAS: Pay to Stay Is 'Aspiration Tax'

The government’s Pay to Stay policy is an “unfair tax on aspiration”, TPAS has said. The Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS), along with campaign group Social Housing Under Threat (SHOUT), has published case studies which it believes shows the policy has negative impacts.  The paper says the government’s plans to increase rents up to market rent for social tenants with incomes of £30,000 or more (£40,000 in London) will hit people who are not well off and cause hardship. TPAS and SHOUT also argue the policy will increase welfare dependency and be difficult to administer. The policy is compulsory for councils but voluntary for associations. Download a copy of the document from the TPAS website.