Labour Proposes Scrapping Affordable Rent In Social Housing Review

Labour has proposed scrapping the affordable rent tenure in its social housing review. The paper suggests replacing the rent product – which was introduced by the coalition government and can be up to 80% of market rates – with a new income-linked definition of affordable housing. Before the last general election, Labour pledged to fund ‘Living Rent’ homes capped at a third of local incomes. It also now calls for a new “Decent Homes 2” target for social landlords to improve fire safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Download the review from the Labour Party website.

https://omghcontent.affino.com/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/097/Housing_For_The_Many.pdf