People 'choosing between heating, rent, and food' after rent price hike in council housing
The decision to put up rents in Wigan’s council housing by seven per cent would leave people choosing between ‘heating, food and rent’, a councillor has warned. The decision made by the cabinet last week took another grilling by the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee where councillors highlighted it would hit ‘the poorest in the borough’.
Coun Watson, somewhat in jest, added that the only positive he could see would be that ‘this would reduce carbon footprint because people won’t pay for heating now’. This came after the committee was told of the decision - which the cabinet and the Housing Advisory Panel debated last week and ‘reluctantly approved’.
In response, officer Tony Clarke explained that the priority as a result of increased building costs is shifting from constructing housing to repairing and upgrading current stock. He went on to say that the pre-1940’s stock is prone to heating issues and agreed there were issues with sourcing parts and contractors - something the council is working to resolve.
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