Council tenants are set to be hit in the pocket after Gateshead councillors voted in favour of a rent increase.
This comes after they considered a report at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting that stated Government policy enables rents to be increased up to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September plus an additional 1%.
The document proposed an increase of 4.1% which would bring social housing rents in the borough up by an average of £3.31.
