Gravesend Churches Housing Association

EDM number 717 in 1991-92, proposed by Clive Soley on 19/02/1992.

That this House condemns the rent increase imposed by the rent officer on secure tenants (those who have had their tenancy since before part 1 of the Housing Act 1988 came into force) of Gravesend Churches Housing Association; notes that tenants are facing increases of ú10 to ú12 a week or between 30 per cent. and 50 per cent. and they are paying approximately 25 per cent. more in rent than local authority tenants in comparable accommodation; and further notes that this is contrary to the Housing Corporation's advice to housing associations contained in circular 60/89 on rent policy and principles for almost all new housing association tenancies which states that 'Registered housing associations are subject to the over-riding requirement of the Tenant's Guarantee that rents must be set and maintained within the reach of people in low paid employment.'

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.