Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26959
Social Rented Housing: Rents
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) changes in the number of housing association social tenants in rent arrears and (b) increased rents.
Answer
Matthew PennycookIndividual circumstances will vary, not least depending on whether tenants receive Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit to help pay their rent, and whether they are affected by the total benefit cap or the removal of the spare room s...
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