There’s going to be a 10 per cent rise in public sector rents from April.
Minister for Social Care Chris Robertshaw made the announcement at a press conference on Friday.
He said the decision was taken to reduce his department’s £7million deficit brought about by the shortfall of rental income against housing costs.
The minister confirmed this deficit is growing by £1m annually and this decision would ease this by £500,000.
However, Mr Robertshaw insisted this was not a knee-jerk reaction and a consultation addressing other ways of improving public sector housing will start soon (see audio).
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