Greater responsibility for social housing should be devolved to local authorities.
That's Onchan commissioner Rob Callister.
Plans have been announced to increase social housing rent in Onchan by 2.6 per cent in April - which Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne believes is fair.
Mr Callister says working in tandem with central government isn't easy:
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