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blackthorn · 05-07-2015, 17:49

I`m not so sure that people in council properties are paying the current market value. I wasn`t anyway. I`ve recently moved from a 4 bed house to a 2 bed bungalow. When I was in the 4 bed house, the rent increase each year was only allowed to be a certain % I`m not sure what % it was though. The rent I was paying was £78 a week. After I moved the new tenants had to pay £120 a week, as the house was empty for a few weeks, the council could put the new rent to the market value.

05-07-2015, 17:49	#89
blackthorn Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north west Posts: 817	Re: Crackdown on 'rich' council house tenants I`m not so sure that people in council properties are paying the current market value. I wasn`t anyway. I`ve recently moved from a 4 bed house to a 2 bed bungalow. When I was in the 4 bed house, the rent increase each year was only allowed to be a certain % I`m not sure what % it was though. The rent I was paying was £78 a week. After I moved the new tenants had to pay £120 a week, as the house was empty for a few weeks, the council could put the new rent to the market value.