There was also a move, coming in several waves, to build government owned housing for rent, at well below market rates.
Hugh Mcafferty, area manager for Construction Skills apprenticeship, added that the government had to start building social housing for rent soon.
Institutional investors could fund the large-scale building of private housing for rent, a report for the government by Sir Adrian Montague has said.
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Michael Levack, chief executive of the Scottish Building Federation, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that the Scottish Government could help the industry by speeding up its big building projects - including a promise of 35, 000 new homes to be allocated as social housing for rent.
Information submitted relates to, for example, housing benefit, rent, pension payments, payments to asylum seekers and council tenancies.
Houses were not ideal rental candidates because there was no shortage of apartment units and other for-rent housing options.
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He has voted for bills protecting the environment, subsidising health care for the working disabled and securing low-rent housing for the poor.
Those executives often seek to rent housing during their short stays, so it's sometimes possible to find a good rental agent in the relo department.
There are also signs that the rent rises caused by the shift in ownership are pushing up the bill for housing benefit, the rent subsidy paid to poor people.
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Rangel deprived his own low-income constituents of affordable housing by accepting four rent-stabilized apartments for his own use.
If your agent knows the local rental market, he or she will be comfortable telling you what it would cost to rent equivalent housing nearby.
It has been pushing up the government's bill for housing benefit, the rent it pays on behalf of people who are out of work or on low pay.
The report recommended the creation of new social enterprise landlord with a leasehold interest in housing executive stock, a new strategic housing authority which would own and control the stock, and an independent housing regulator responsible for rent setting.
They also pay a reduced rent on the housing association's share of the property.
They gave almost 10 percent of the people -- low-income, working people -- two months free rent in public housing.
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The homes taken over by the private company would be re-let to people on the housing register at a higher rent.
The inquiry covers the quality of housing in the sector, rent levels and the regulation of landlords, letting agents and houses in multiple occupation.
Blair's supporters in his North-East of England constituency, battling crippling levels of unemployment in a former mining area, needed the guarantee of a decent home for their families at a reasonable rent that council housing provided.
Ministers say they want housing benefit claimants to choose to rent properties they can afford when in work.
"It may be public housing, but people still pay rent and bills and buy their own cigarettes, " she says.
Almost quarter of a million pounds in rent is owed to housing authorities across the Isle of Man, according to official figures.
Unsurprisingly, the industries that must pay more than others for rent are those with housing-related services or locations at which people spend much time.
New rules, starting in April will affect housing benefit, which is paid to less well-off council and housing association tenants to help with rent.
While charging tenants more may increase revenues, most social tenants are on housing benefit now, and their rent is paid directly to landlords by the state.
There are some tenants on housing benefits who would rather the rent was paid directly to them but they are all too aware of the spending risks.
Off-campus housing gets the green light, provided rent and food don't surpass the estimated off-campus expenses published by the university.
One idea is that foreclosed borrowers could receive several months of free rent once they find new housing, one of these people said.
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In a separate development, the BBC has learned that a government pilot project that pays housing benefit directly to recipients has seen rent arrears amongst tenants increase.
Yet the Cambridge study also showed that, when rent control ended, investment in housing and repairs went up.
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