Should we prevent ministers from meddling with previously agreed rules governing the setting of social housing rents?

The chief executive of the largest housing association in the UK thinks so.

Clare Miller, boss of £1bn-turnover Clarion, believes stripping politicians of the ability to set or change social housing rent increase limits could give a massive boost to the sector.

Miller, speaking exclusively to Housing Today from the organisation’s offices near London Bridge, says the social housing sector needs certainty around longer-term rental income in order to have the confidence to invest.