Changes to the massive negative subsisy that takes about £3 million per year from Council Tenants in King's Hedges, and just under £12 million from Cambridge as a whole, have been delayed again.
The Labour Government have delayed consultation on changes to the scheme, which was due to start in November last year until the "autumn" of this year.
The scheme must be changed to be fairer to areas like King's Hedges.
Amng the possible reasons for delay is the fact that the Labour Government is now taking a higher cut of the subsidy money to spend elsewhere in Government. The subsidy is no longer used to subsidise housing and has just become a tenant tax. Combined with the centrally imposed rent increases it starts to feel like a sustained attack on a group that includes some of the most vulnerable in our community.
Mike Pitt, along with Cllr Smart, the Executive Councillor for Housing, and tenant reps has recently written to the Secretary of State on these issue. The Labour spokesman on these issues on the Council didn't sign the letter.
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