Saturday’s Guardian newspaper carried a substantial 2,000 word interview with housing minister Grant Shapps.
The piece focuses on Mr Shapps himself, but the minister reveals the government consultation on its ‘pay to stay’ proposals, which would force high earning council tenants to pay a market rent, it is likely to set the threshold significantly lower than the £100,000 mentioned previously.
“We’ll probably consult on £65,000 and £80,000. But I don’t want to stop two teachers being able to decently live in council housing. We need to be very careful not to attack aspiration.”