Council tenant rents
What council rents are based on, average property rental charges for 2024 to 2025 and 2023 to 2024, and rent catch-up weeks for 2024 to 2025.
What council rents are based on
Council house rents are based on three factors:
- property type (house, flat, maisonette, 4 in a block or multi-storey)
- property size (number of bedrooms)
- type of heating system.
Average property rental charges for 2024 to 2025
This is the average weekly rent from April 2024 to March 2025.
| Number of bedrooms | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 or more |
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House | £85.49 | £95.43 | £106.37 | £116.31 | £124.26 |
Flat | £78.53 | £88.47 | £99.41 | £109.35 | £117.30 |
Maisonette |
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| £102.39 | £112.33 | £120.28 |
4 in block | £83.50 | £93.44 | £104.38 | £114.32 | £122.27 |
Multi-storey | £77.54 | £87.48 | £98.41 |
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Average property rental charges for 2023 to 2024
This is the average weekly rent from April 2023 to March 2024.
| Number of bedrooms | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
House | £80.65 | £90.03 | £100.34 | £109.72 | £117.22 |
Flat | £74.09 | £83.46 | £93.78 | £103.16 | £110.66 |
Maisonette |
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| £96.59 | £105.97 | £113.47 |
4 in block | £78.78 | £88.15 | £98.47 | £107.85 | £115.35 |
Multi-storey | £73.15 | £82.53 | £92.84 |
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Rent catch-up weeks for 2024 to 2025
Your rent is collected 48 weeks during the year.
If you have a clear rent account balance or credit on your account, there is no rent collected during these 5 weeks:
- week starting 24 June 2024
- week starting 16 December 2024
- week starting 23 December 2024
- week starting 24 March 2025
- week starting 31 March 2025.
Rent catch-up weeks for 2023 to 2024
If you have a clear rent account balance or credit on your account, there is no rent collected during these 4 weeks:
- week starting 26 June 2023
- week starting 18 December 2023
- week starting 25 December 2023
- week starting 25 March 2024.
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