Meetings of the government’s Pay to Stay working group
have been cancelled as several key measures in the Housing and Planning Act
look set to be delayed. The government has cancelled scheduled meetings despite
the policy- under which higher earning tenants pay up to market rent-
originally being planned for implementation in April next year. It is not clear
why the meetings have been cancelled, but sector figures this week said it
suggested a delay. Councils have been urging ministers to put the start date
back to give them time to prepare. The news emerged days after a senior civil
servant admitted the Right to Buy (RTB) extension to housing association
tenants is set to be delayed as a result of the Brexit vote. Read more on
Inside Housing.
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