Category: “Affordable Rent”

The government should end “affordable rent”and Right to Buy

by lcfch, posted in "Affordable Rent", Labour Campaign for Council Housing statements, Right to Buy, Tory government

This is a letter to Michael Gove in response to his speech at a Shelter in which he said that he would look at ways to produce more social rent homes. These comments are welcome but if you seriously want to see a big increase in the building of social rent homes then it is … Continue reading The government should end “affordable rent”and Right to Buy

Time to end “Affordable rent”

by lcfch, posted in "Affordable Rent", Council Housing, Housing Associations

Inside Housing has reported that housing association tenants are struggling to cope with the higher rents charged by landlords for so-called “affordable rent”. There's no reason to suspect that council tenants are any different. Read on below or download a PDF here ar-againDownload So-called affordable rent (AR) was introduced by the coalition government as part … Continue reading Time to end “Affordable rent”