The devil is in the detail

Bright, J.

The devil is in the detail - 2001 - Housing Today (223) 1 March 2001, 12-15(3) .

Discusses the possible effects of government rent reform and how it will affect local areas. Highlights a study by Professor Steve Wilcox at the York University Centre for Housing that argues Registered Social Landlords will find its effects unmanageable. In northern housing authority areas it has been calculated that average bedsit rents will be higher than current RSL rents. There are further problems with the government's choice of average full-time manual earnings as the yardstick for some of the rent alterations as this will mask poverty in some areas. Table of average earnings and rents across the country.


RENT REFORM
REGISTERED SOCIAL LANDLORDS
YORK UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR HOUSING
NORTHERN CONSORTIUM OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES
HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS
SOCIAL HOUSING