In July ministers ordered that all social landlords,
including councils and housing associations, reduce rent by one per cent per
year each year for the next four years. But Wolverhampton council has based its
long term strategy for building maintenance on rents going up. Bosses have
launched a consultation featuring a series of options aimed at making up for
the shortfall. They include charging 'affordable rent' instead of 'social
rent', meaning rents will go up by £15 per week for new tenants. Another
proposal is to increase service charges by £2 per week, meaning garage rents
and hostel charges would go up by one per cent, along with concierge charges.
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