Councils and providers both get this wrong, in opposite directions. Some councils treat the Rent Officer’s figure as a ceiling, or pick a local “benchmark” and restrict anything above it. Some providers think that, once a scheme is exempt, the rent can’t be challenged at all. Neither is right. The rules are old, the case law is spread across thirty years of decisions, and very little of it has been brought together with supported housing in mind. This post tries to do that.
New Thinking In Supported Housing From Supported Housing People