Pay to Stay Would Discourage Employment

Increasing rents for social housing tenants once they pass an earnings threshold would act as a ‘perverse disincentive, discouraging work’, according to a report published this morning.  The study from the Centre for London, which was funded by housing associations Home Group and Family Mosaic, backs the idea of linking rent to pay, but says increases should be progressive. It also says social tenancies should be for life.  The report, Home-work: Helping London’s social tenants into employment, also says social landlords should do more to help their tenants get into work, including considering setting up nurseries.  Download a copy of the report from the Demos website.