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🔴 Jeremy Hunt's #AutumnStatement could mean a 'winter of hardship' for many
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opendemocracy.net/en/autumn-stat… UK rent rises and caps
💰 The government estimates capping social rents will save it £630m over five years.
⛔️ Private rents, however, will remain unregulated.
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🔎 @openDemocracy previously revealed that housing associations had lobbied the government not to cap social rents too low.
Meanwhile, these associations were paying paying their executives nearly £300,000 a year each. 👇
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