Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 26963
Social Rented Housing: Rents and Service Charges
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025
Question
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of (a) freezing rents and (b) capping service charges for housing association social tenants.
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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