Housing associations with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable tenants secretly lobbied the government to let them charge more rent – while paying their executives nearly £300,000 a year each.
Representatives of landlords including Clarion – which was rapped last week by levelling up secretary Michael Gove for failings on damp housing – warned against a rent freeze as the cost of living crisis spiralled this year, instead suggesting tenants on the lowest rents should be allowed to “catch up” with those paying more and urging a “discussion” before any decisions were made about a cap.
Correspondence between ministers and the housing association group G15 was revealed through a Freedom of Information request by openDemocracy.
