The government is hiking the amount 84,000 social housing tenants have to pay - from 25 percent of their income to 30 percent.
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The government is hiking the amount 84,000 social housing tenants have to pay.
About a quarter of all renting households are paying 30 percent or more of their income in rent, Stats NZ data shows.
The government is increasing the accommodation supplement for 111,000 low income renters by an average of $15.
But it is also hiking the amount 84,000 social housing tenants have to pay - from 25 percent of their income to 30 percent - leaving them about $30 worse off each week.
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The changes will boost support for more than 100,000 families, and leave 80,000 worse off.
Renters across England were forking out up to 36.3 per cent of their income on rent alone in 2024, new data has revealed.
Increase in rents has coincided with Government’s new rent control system coming into force in March
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