Rents of Local Authority and Registered Social Landlord Dwellings 2008-09

This Statistical Release presents information on the average weekly rents for wholly rented local authority (LA) and Registered Social Landlord (RSL) dwellings set at the beginning of April 2008, for the financial year 2008-09.  This latest release updates the statistics previously released on 17 October 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:

• On average RSL weekly rents, for 2008-09, were 7 per cent higher than local authority rents.
• Local authority rents in 2008-09 averaged £58.09 per week. This was 5 per cent higher than the average of £55.44 in 2007-08.
• Registered social landlord rents in 2008-09 averaged £62.06 per week. This was 7 per cent higher than the average of £58.23 in 2007-08.

Contact

Tel: 029 2052 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2009 (provisional-to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)