Parliament must look long and hard at the potential
impacts of the Government’s proposed Pay to Stay policy, part of the Housing
and Planning Bill. Shelter is not against the principle of some social housing
tenants paying slightly higher rents, depending on their income and household
need. But we are very concerned that doing it in this way risks taking a
sledgehammer to a nut and finding there is little of the nut left at the end. We have 5 big concerns about Pay to Stay:
1. It will
increase the housing benefit bill
2. It will weaken incentives to work
3. It will price out nurses, paramedics and teachers
4. It will create a costly, bureaucratic headache
5. ‘Higher income’ social tenants will be unable to afford to buy
For more details go to the Shelter blog.
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