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Shapps targets high earners in social housing

Councils to be given new powers increase social housing rents if tenants earn more than £100,000.

By Dominic Browne | 04 October 2011

Councils will be given new powers to increase social housing rents if tenants earn more than £100,000, housing minister Grant Shapps has announced.

Ministers predict the move could affect up to 6,000 people, and could raise £56m to help fund house building, The Times report.

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