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Council rent increases are failing London's poorest residents
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MASSIVE council rent increases are failing London’s poorest residents, tenants stormed today.
The London Tenants Federation (LTF) pointed to recent analysis showing that average council rents across London’s boroughs rocketed by around 90 per cent between 2002 and 2018.
In 2002, council tenants would give an average of 29 per cent of their incomes on rents and related charges.
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