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Two local authorities asking for social housing rents to go up by five percent

Tuesday, 12 September 2023 11:49

By Emma Draper

Onchan Commissioners asking for zero percent

Castletown and Braddan Commissioners have asked the Department of Infrastructure to keep the social housing rents at a five percent increase. 

This would match current inflation rates but the government department will have the final say for 2024/2025.

Onchan Commissioners has requested a zero percent increase. 

The DOI has raised the social housing rents for the last two years.

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