Guidance

Guidance on rents for social housing

This guidance sets out the government’s policy on rents for social housing from April 2015 onwards.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Published: 23 May 2014
• Last updated: 26 February 2019 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Guidance on rents for social housing

Ref: ISBN 9781409842026

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Details

In February 2019, the government published a new direction to the regulator of social housing to set a standard on rents for registered providers of social housing (including local authorities), to come into effect on 1 April 2020.

See further details.

This guidance sets out the government’s policy on rents for social housing from April 2015 onwards. It applies to stock-owing local authorities only.

Published 23 May 2014
Last updated 26 February 2019 + show all updates

1. 26 February 2019

   Added link to a new direction to the regulator of social housing published February 2019.

2. 23 May 2014

   First published.