How your rent is worked
out
Rent restructuring is the Government’s
method of getting fair, consistent rents for social landlords
across the country by the year 2016. This means that homes of a
similar age, value and type, and in the same area, will in time
have similar rents, known as the ‘target rent’.
Your rent is based
on:
- the number of bedrooms in your home
- the average wage in the area compared to that of the
country as a whole
- how much your home was worth in January 1999
- the national average rent
- the national average property value
To prevent your rent increasing too
high, the Government has set a ‘rent capping’ system.
How to pay your rent
If you live in Canterbury:
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Call our 24 hour payment line
number 0845 200 1784. (A charge applies for credit card
payment).
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With your rent payment card at
Paypoint or Post Offices
No charge is made for using these outlets.
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By Post – We only accept
cheques, made payable to ‘Canterbury City Council’ and sent to:
Canterbury City Council, Military Road, Canterbury CT1 1YW. Please
write your rent account reference number, name and address on the
back of the cheque.
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Pay online (this link will take you to the Canterbury City
Council website)
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If you are in arrears
If you live in
Dover:
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Call our 24 hour payment line
number on 01304 872 345. (A charge applies for credit card
payment).
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With your rent payment card at Payzone
locations or Post Offices
No charge is made for using these
outlets.
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Pay online
- By Post, send a crossed cheque or postal order
with your rent account number written on the back, made payable to
Dover District Council
(not an individual officer) to Dover District
Council, White Cliffs
Business Park, Dover, Kent CT16 3PJ
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If you are in arrears
If you live in Shepway:
- Call our 24 hour payment line number on 01303 853555.
- With your rent payment card at Paypoint or Post Offices
- No charge is made for using these outlets.
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Pay online
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If you are in arrears
If you live in Thanet:
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