§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to amend the Housing Act 1980 so that rent rebates can be given where the tenant is a corporate body.
§ Mr. StanleyThe rent assistance schemes help individuals to pay the rent of dwellings they occupy as their homes. Where the tenant is a corporate body that body is not eligible for assistance, but if it sub-lets the dwellings then its tenants would be eligible for assistance with rent in accordance with the normal rent rebates or rent allowance criteria.