Suggestive of financial aid in rent (8)
I believe the answer is:
redolent
'suggestive of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'financial aid in rent' is the wordplay.
'financial aid' becomes 'dole' (dole is a kind of financial aid).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'dole' put within 'rent' is 'REDOLENT'.
(Other definitions for redolent that I've seen before include "Do relent, being full of memories or smells" , "Objective scented" , "Strongly reminiscent (of something)" , "Smelling of, evocative" , "Strongly suggesting" .)