Council houses built a few years ago in Portmead, Swansea (Image: Swansea Council )

Rent for thousands of council house tenants in Swansea will go up by 4.3% in April, the maximum level allowed. People living in a one-bed flat will pay £104.21p per week all the way up to £137.20p per week for a six-bed house, a council report said.

The authority is having to spend a lot more to maintain and repair its 13,800-odd houses and flats but rental income is growing more slowly. The report said this divergence was creating a "significant and escalating risk". Never miss a Swansea story by signing up to our newsletter here

A new system of rent-setting is being introduced in Wales next year for councils and housing associations. Key to the calculation is the level of inflation in the Sept

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