“The most disadvantaged who are living with exceptional challenges are simply defaulting on their debt.'
More than £167,000 of rent arrears have been written off by West Dunbartonshire Council as residents face the “biggest cost of living crisis in generations”.
During Thursday’s housing and communities meeting, members also agreed to allow the chief officer to write off individual debt of up to £5000.Peter Barry, chief officer of housing and employability, said: “Debt write off is an unfortunate but regular occurrence for members in previous years where there would be certain aspects of our rent that we cannot collect and it becomes expensive and counter productive to pursue it.
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