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http://www.havant.gov.uk/housing-and-council-tax-benefit/changes-council-tax-benefitThe Council Tax Support Scheme
Havant Borough Council's new scheme, called the Council Tax Support Scheme, will cut the benefits bill and protect the most vulnerable people in society.
The new system will ask working age households to pay at least 8.5 per cent of their Council Tax. Changes will also be made to the Council Tax discounts on second homes and empty properties.
The new scheme will see:
- working age households will pay at least 8.5% Council Tax. Those with disabilities will be unaffected and their benefits will not change
- the second homes Council Tax discount of 10% will be removed
- the current discount for unoccupied unfurnished properties will be removed, and owners of these properties will have to pay the full Council Tax
- the Council Tax on properties that have been empty for more than two years will increase by 50%