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Council tenants in flats play an additional free for communal area lighting, cleaning and security. They also pay for the maintenance of "surrounds" of their building.

Council tenants in houses, also pay an additional fee for the maintenance of "surrounds" of their building.

As I said earlier, more and more of the maintenance of the buildings they rent from the council is being passed directly to them.

No other council money is used for those purposes.

We previously lived in a tower block, one of 3 sited together. Owners of flats that they had bought were each liable to 124th of the cost of any renovations or modifications done to the blocks. When overcladding and double-glazing were fitted, the cost to private owners ran into the tens of thousands of ££s. Then all doors had to be upgraded to higher fire standards That cost private tenants a lot too. Then the lift replacements, new gas central heating, etc., etc. None of that money came from general council funds, but from the rental side of the business.