Thousands of tenants living on six-figure incomes in council houses subsidised by the taxpayer are to be thrown out unless they agree to pay far higher rents. A Whitehall analysis leaked to the Daily Mail suggests there are 15,000 tenants in social housing even though they have household incomes of more than £80,000 – with 6,000 earning more than £100,000. Ministers are to target those who could afford to buy a house privately but instead choose to continue living in council homes at a vastly reduced rent. Under plans being drawn up, they are to be hit with demands to pay the market rate or move out – a change which would save the taxpayer more than £100million. Most are expected to decide to leave their properties rather than agree to massive increases in what they pay, since they could probably expect to live in better areas if they were paying the market rate. Read more on the Daily Mail website.
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