asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of the changes in rent levels of local authority houses as mentioned in Building on Reality.

5.

asked the Minister for the Environment whether prior consultations with the National Association of Tenants' Organisations will take place before the implementation of changes in the differential rent scheme.

6.

asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of proposals to raise local authority house rent levels more in line with the actual costs of local authority housing; and when it is proposed to introduce the increased rents.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 4, 5 and 6 together.

As indicated in the national plan, it is intended that rents of local authority dwellings should be raised progressively to a level more in line with the actual costs of the dwellings and that the changes will be made within the framework of the differential rent scheme, which ensures that rents are reasonable in relation to family incomes.

Proposals for a revised rent scheme, to come into effect from the beginning of 1985, have since been put to the National Association of Tenants' Organisations. At this stage, it would not be appropriate for me to give details of likely changes in rent levels.

Will the new rents come into operation on 1 January?

Yes, that is the proposal.

Will the Minister make the proposals which he has made available to the National Association of Tenants' Organisations available also to this side of the House?

I will do that.

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