COUNCIL house rents in Pendle will go up by an average of 89p per week from April.
Councillors agreed the 2.4 per cent rise in rent bills last night.
It means, for example, that the weekly rent for a one bedroom flat in Clayton Street, Nelson, will rise from £22.04 to £22.57, a two bedroom house in Avon Drive, Barnoldswick, will cost £43.81 instead of £42.78, and a three bedroom house in Barnwood Road, Earby, will cost £59.73 instead of £58.33.
The increase will raise £187,000 towards meeting a £270,000 deficit in Pendle Council's housing revenue account.
The rise was the largest Pendle was allowed before the Government starts to "clawback" housing subsidy and the deficit shortfall will be found in other ways, councillors decided.
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