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STATES OF JERSEY
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SOCIAL RENTED HOUSING: POLICY ON SETTING RENTS (P.29/2003) – COMMENTS
Presented to the States on 29th April 2003
by the Employment and Social Security Committee
STATES GREFFE
COMMENTS
The Employment and Social Security Committee believes that the second part of the proposition is superfluous as there is already a Low Income Working Party in existence which includes representatives from all key interested parties, including the Housing Department and Parishes who also subsidise certain rents through the Parish Welfare system. A basic framework for a Low Income Support system has already been developed and approved, in principle, by the States (P.44/2000). Work has halted for the moment pending receipt of important data from the Income Distribution Survey.
The Committee would also point out to members that the main purpose of a Low Income Support Scheme is to streamline the existing system of means-tested benefits and welfare grants whilst ensuring a basic but adequate income for all. It is not, by itself, an appropriate instrument for controlling rental costs. _______________________________________________________________
Re-issue note
This comment has been re-issued at the request of the Employment and Social Security Committee, which wishes to replace the comment originally presented with the one given above.