Part 4: Social Housing in England Chapter 3: Rents for High Income Social Tenants Mandatory rents for local authority tenants Section 82: Information about income
Under regulations made under this section, local authorities can be given the power to require their tenants to declare what their household income is. The power can determine the type of evidence that is required to satisfy a landlord. This will be used to determine whether that household is over or below the income thresholds that have been set. Regulations will encourage timely declaration of income information by providing that if a tenant fails to declare income in accordance with the regulations the tenant’s rent will be raised to maximum levels.