>Social rent is on the rise by up to 4.1%, meaning some households could see an increase in costs of about £200 a month.
The video states that average (not some) social rents are going up by £200 a month. That would mean a rent of £5,000 a month wouldn’t it? Surely the BBC means per year?
They also interview someone who just states that ‘salaries are not going up’ which is not true for everyone, and indeed anyone on less than £30k a year will be getting a tax cut this year. I assume most people in social housing are not highly paid so will benefit from that.
edit 12th April – they have now fixed the article and added a correction notice:
>Correction 12 April 2022: This story has been updated to reflect that social housing tenants could see an increase in costs of about £200 a year, rather than per month as originally stated.
My ratcunt of a landlord chose now to raise the rent by 10% which is £100 pcm – and apparently I should be lucky because ofc thats way below what she should list it as.
My social housing rent is only going up by £5 a week. I live in a two bed end terraced house with own garden in a quiet area, away from the main road.
I’m in a concil flat my rent has gone up by £23.23 per week I’m hoping it dosent go up anymore
Can someone help me understand why social housing is going up?
I’ve been given to understand that a lot of social housing was basically given to housing associations, and they have a large pot of money, for some reason, I don’t know what.
Why therefore are social rent increasing?
If it was to invest in properties, make them better, buy or build more, fair enough, but I don’t see that with my housing association. I live in a shitty maisonette.
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>Social rent is on the rise by up to 4.1%, meaning some households could see an increase in costs of about £200 a month.
The video states that average (not some) social rents are going up by £200 a month. That would mean a rent of £5,000 a month wouldn’t it? Surely the BBC means per year?
They also interview someone who just states that ‘salaries are not going up’ which is not true for everyone, and indeed anyone on less than £30k a year will be getting a tax cut this year. I assume most people in social housing are not highly paid so will benefit from that.
edit 12th April – they have now fixed the article and added a correction notice:
>Correction 12 April 2022: This story has been updated to reflect that social housing tenants could see an increase in costs of about £200 a year, rather than per month as originally stated.
My ratcunt of a landlord chose now to raise the rent by 10% which is £100 pcm – and apparently I should be lucky because ofc thats way below what she should list it as.
My social housing rent is only going up by £5 a week. I live in a two bed end terraced house with own garden in a quiet area, away from the main road.
I’m in a concil flat my rent has gone up by £23.23 per week I’m hoping it dosent go up anymore
Can someone help me understand why social housing is going up?
I’ve been given to understand that a lot of social housing was basically given to housing associations, and they have a large pot of money, for some reason, I don’t know what.
Why therefore are social rent increasing?
If it was to invest in properties, make them better, buy or build more, fair enough, but I don’t see that with my housing association. I live in a shitty maisonette.