00:00Gateshead Council could write off more than £400,000 in former tenant rent arrears after
00:06exhausting all of their recovery options. A finance report to the Cabinet next week
00:12proposes writing off £419,473 across 109 outstanding cases. Some debts are more than
00:22six years old and can no longer be legally pursued, while others involve tenants who
00:28have died, moved away or entered care. The council says writing off the sums is an
00:34accounting step and recovery could still be attempted if circumstances were to
00:39change. Officials say that rent collection overall remains high at the council.
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