Housing associations in England slashed spend on major
repairs work to their estates as the government enforced its policy of cutting
social rents. An survey by Inside Housing reveals that associations cut
expenditure on major repairs by 7.3% to £386m in 2015/16. In July of that year
the government announced its decision to cut rents by 1% a year for the next
four years. The survey reveals that associations’ planned maintenance
expenditure also dropped by 1.6% to £630m. John Kiely, director of housing and
public sector at Savills, says he thought the fall in expenditure “is all down
to the rent reduction”. Read more on Inside Housing.
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