Rent FAQs

If you have a weekly rent amount on your rent review letter and would like to work out how much to pay monthly you can use the following calculation. 

Weekly rent amount x 52 ÷ 12

For example, for a weekly rent of £150: 150 x 52 ÷ 12 = £650 per month

If you have a 48-week rent amount on your rent review letter and would like to work out how much to pay monthly you can use the following calculation.

Weekly rent amount x 48 ÷ 12

For example, for a weekly rent of £150: 150 x 48 ÷ 12 = £600 per month

We follow the government’s guidelines on rent setting based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This measures the change in prices of everyday goods and services typically bought by UK households.

We use rental income to help run bpha, from providing support and services to maintaining existing homes and building new ones and we need to balance keeping the cost of rent down with making sure we can achieve this. The cost of repairs has increased during 2025 – plus, we have had a 23% increase in the number of repairs over the last year making the overall costs even higher.

Additionally, government policy and legislation is changing to address fire safety concerns in some types of housing and to start to prepare the housing stock for a future without fossil fuel burning heating systems and where net carbon neutral is the norm. The cost of managing housing assets is therefore increasing as we change our services and standards to address the new guidance. 

These increases have led to the decision to increase rent in line with the rent regulatory limit.

For most of our customers, we work out your rent by taking the previous September’s CPI rate, which was 3.8% in 2025, and adding 1% to it. This means we’ll be increasing your rent by 4.8% from April 2026. This is the standard method used by all housing associations to set their rent

Rental charges are based on government guidelines and vary for each type of rental product. The product you have is outlined in your rent review letter, you can find more information by selecting your rental type.

This only happens once a year. We will notify you each February of increases due from April.