§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the average(a) council home rent, (b) new town development corporation home rent, and (c) housing association rent in England.
§ Mr. ChopeThe estimated average weekly unrebated rent for local authority dwellings in England in April 1989 was £20.62; for new town dwellings it was £21.20.
For housing associations the average rent for fair rent lettings in the first half of 1989 was £26.47. Since January this year most new lettings by housing associations have been on assured tenancies but information about the rents charged under such tenancies is not yet available.