Rent information 2025/26

On this page you can find 2025/2026 rent and charges information.

Your annual rent review

Your tenancy agreement says that every year we will review all FCHO rents.

The 2025/26 rent increase for our customers has been calculated in line with government policy, following a government-set formula linked to inflation.

This means we can continue to provide value for money services and make the investment needed in homes and communities.

We always try to keep rents as affordable as possible, and we need to balance this with the rising costs of repairing and maintaining homes and other essential goods and services.

What does your rent pay for?

Investment, maintenance and repairs
Continually improving our customers’ homes to make sure we provide high quality, safe places to live is one of our main priorities - we know how important this is to you.

Throughout the year, we’re investing in our homes and neighbourhoods in the following areas:

• Fire and building safety measures
• Repairs and maintenance like plumbing, plastering, joinery
• Maintaining and replacing roofs, windows, and doors
• Replacing and maintaining kitchens and bathrooms
• Improving the energy efficiency of homes
• Servicing, maintaining, and replacing boilers
• Electrical servicing and improvements such as home rewires
• Cyclical maintenance to blocks of flats and communal areas.
• Internal redecoration to blocks of flats.
• Improving open spaces, tree pruning and tree planting

Building new homes

This year we are investing in our strategy to build good quality, energy efficient new homes and help improve the lives of local people.

We are delivering a variety of house types – from apartments to family homes – to help meet local housing need and we are offering a range of tenures, including affordable rent and shared ownership.

You can see how every £1 of rent is spent in our annual report.

Get involved

Customers are at the heart of everything we do and we value your feedback on how we can best spend our income.

We work with our Customer Voice Panel to ensure your views are represented.

If you would like to be part of this, please contact our Stronger Communities team.

Email ci@fcho.co.uk or call us on 0161 393 7117.

How we can support you

We know that the increase to your rent and charges and other cost of living rises can have an impact. If you need a hand managing this, we’re here for you.

If you need help, please get in touch with us and we can work together to help stop any debts from escalating.

Get in touch with our specialist teams for personalised help with…

• Making your money go further with access to affordable food, debt reduction advice, checks on the benefits you’re entitled to, energy saving information plus more tailored help if you need it.
• Support to pay your rent and charges with affordable payment plans and help to apply for additional support.
• Advice to find a job or move your career forward if you’re in work
• We can also signpost you to other local organisations to make sure you get all the support you need.

Call 0161 393 7117, email CommunityServices@fcho.co.uk or visit the dedicated need a hand campaign page here on our website.

Your non-chargeable weeks

Non-chargeable weeks (weeks when rent isn’t charged) for 2025/26 are:

• 7 April 2025
• 14 April 2025
• 29 December 2025
• 5 January 2026

If you pay your rent monthly the reductions will already be applied to your payment calculations.

If your rent balance is in arrears, we would encourage you to continue paying some or all of your rent during the non-chargeable weeks to help reduce your debt.

When to pay the new amount of rent

The new rent and charges are in place from 7 April 2025. But 7 April and 14 April are non-chargeable weeks for any customer not in arrears, so you’ll make the first new payment on Monday 21 April 2025.