Julian Knight – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Knight on 2015-12-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that affordable rent to buy housing is exempt from the Government’s pay to stay proposals for higher income social tenants.

Brandon Lewis

Higher income social tenants in a Rent to Buy scheme will not face increased rent under proposals for pay to stay. This is because the rent they pay is an intermediate rent which is excluded from social rent policy.