Thursday, 6 October 2016

Ministers Consider Pay To Stay Exemption

The CLG will consider exempting council tenants from Pay to Stay in areas where social rents and market rents are similar. Civil servants from CLG have drawn up draft regulations for ministers which include an exemption in areas where the difference between market rent and social rent is very small. Under the latest regulations, councils would compare the market and social rents in the area, deduct an administrative cost per tenant which is likely to be set by the government, and if the difference between the rents is small then a council could receive an exemption. Read more on Inside Housing.

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