Some potentially useful information from the wave 12 Omnibus Survey in helping LAs decide if rent in Supported Accommodation is “unreasonably” high.
[b:36982b91d9]4 Summary[/b:36982b91d9]
Respondents who have seen cases where they cannot restrict rents under old scheme rules for supported housing were asked how often, if at all, their authoritysees a range of different eligible rents being met above the average rent for that type of accommodation. Nearly half of authorities (48 per cent) had never seen eligible rent of £200 or more per week being met above the average rent for this type of accommodation. In addition, 41 per cent had never seen rent of £150-£199 per week being met, a third (33 per cent) had never seen rent of £125-£149 per week being met, a quarter (25 per cent) had never seen rent of £100-£124 per week being met, 17 per cent had never seen rent of £75-£99 being met.
Conversely, the rents that they are most likely to have seen being met are under £50 (12 per cent very often, 28 per cent fairly often) and £50-£74 (very often six per cent, fairly often 30 per cent). In addition, around a quarter of authorities had often seen rent of £75-£99 (four per cent very often and 22 per cent fairly often) and £100-£124 (four per cent very often and 20 per cent fairly often) being met.
