Council tenants in East Lothian will see their rent rise by five per cent from next month after two years of a rent freeze.
The rent increase equates to a rise in the current average weekly rent from £72.61 to £76.24.
A meeting of East Lothian councillors this week saw the increase unanimously agreed, along with an additional five per cent rise annually for the next four years raising it by 25 per cent over five years.
