Friday, 27 April 2018

Labour Proposes Scrapping Affordable Rent In Social Housing Review


Labour has proposed scrapping the affordable rent tenure in its social housing review. The paper suggests replacing the rent product – which was introduced by the coalition government and can be up to 80% of market rates – with a new income-linked definition of affordable housing. Before the last general election, Labour pledged to fund ‘Living Rent’ homes capped at a third of local incomes. It also now calls for a new “Decent Homes 2” target for social landlords to improve fire safety in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Download the review from the Labour Party website.

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