Consultation outcome

Pay to stay: high income social tenants

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Published: 9 October 2015
• Last updated: 9 March 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Pay to stay: fairer rents in social housing - consultation response

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4790-8

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Detail of outcome

The government consulted on how income thresholds should work beyond the levels set out at Budget 2015, the interaction with Housing Benefit, and sought evidence of likely administrative costs in operating the scheme.

This document summarises the consultation responses and sets out the government’s way forward as it seeks to implement the policy from April 2017.

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Original consultation

Summary

A consultation on the detail of the ‘pay to stay’ policy announced at Budget 2015.

This consultation ran from
11am on 9 October 2015 to 11:45pm on 20 November 2015

Consultation description

This consultation asks for views on 2 aspects of the ‘pay to stay’ policy.

Firstly, it proposes a system of ‘tapers’ that would tie rent levels more closely to income. Secondly, it asks for views on the potential administration costs.

Documents

Pay to stay: fairer rents in social housing

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4677-2

PDF, 306 KB, 8 pages

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Published 9 October 2015
Last updated 9 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 9 March 2016

   Added consultation response.

2. 21 October 2015

   Added updated consultation document with amended postal address.

3. 9 October 2015

   First published.