Greens push down cost of rent on new council home 18th October 2018 by 18 October 2018 27.5% living wage rent agreed after Green proposal The Council will now offer the lowest, most affordable rents yet on a council home planned for the ‘New Homes for Neighbourhoods Scheme’ thanks to a Green proposal. A ‘living rent’ – or rent calculated as a percentage of household income – was agreed at a […] Read more » housing
Option to bring housing repair services back in house must go further, say Greens 26th September 2018 by Options to bring housing repair services back in-house should go further and cover more housing works, Greens will argue this week. A meeting of HNHC on Wednesday 26th September will debate how to proceed with the delivery of council housing repairs, with the current multi-million pound contract with Mears PLC set to expire in March 2020. […] Read more » housing