Council budget: Targeting support to make things fairer

Housing

We plan to increase rent by 2.7% following government guidelines. We'll carefully use our savings to support the Housing Capital Programme.

South Tyneside has the lowest rents in Tyne & Wear, and Council housing rents are much cheaper than private sector rents.

Local Councils in the region are also raising rents by 2.7% to help with management, maintenance, and housing projects.

We're investing £29.5 million each year for the next 5 years in our Housing Capital Programme, which will make sure that tenants homes continue to meet decent homes standards 

We're also building up to 46 new homes over the next 3 years to provide more affordable housing in the area.