10-year rent settlement for social housing
Councils are currently discussing the financial pressures on Housing Revenue Accounts, impacted by social housing rent policies.
Camden Council's Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is facing significant financial pressure, having lost £201m in potential rental income since 2016, a report to its Housing Scrutiny Committee said in December 2025. The report highlighted that HRAs across the country are struggling to set balanced budgets in the short and medium term, partly due to social rents being capped. No further meetings are currently scheduled to discuss the 10-year rent settlement for social housing.
This discussion relates to the government's 10-year rent settlement for social housing, a policy which came into effect from April 2026. This settlement permits annual rent increases of CPI + 1% and impacts the primary income source for Housing Revenue Accounts, which rely on rents and service charges without central government funding.
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