EAST Durham council house tenants look likely to be facing rent rises of 3.6 per cent from April.
The authority's executive will be recommending the increase when it sets the council's budget later this month.
The rise, which is proposed to take effect from Monday, April 5, will work out, on average, at approximately £1.55 extra per week.
There are many tenants, however, who will actually pay less as a result of the Government's national rent restructuring policy.
Tenants will each receive a letter giving them four weeks' notice of their individual increase and those who receive housing benefit will have the amount automatically adjusted.
Anyone wishing to apply for housing or council tax benefit is asked to contact the council on 0191-527 0501 extension 2411.
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