Decision details

Housing Rents and Service Charges

Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Cabinet RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that:

(a)               from the first rent week in April 2009, rents are increased in line with the CLG guidelines, based on an inflationary increase of 5.5%, plus or minus a maximum of  £2.00 towards the phasing in of rent restructuring; and

(b)               charges for services and facilities are increased as outlined in the table below: 

 

Service or Facility

 

Current Charge p.w.

Proposed Charge p.w.

Increase

 

£

£

%

£

Sheltered Housing Charges

 

 

 

 

Tenants

 

 

 

 

  - support element

 

 

 

 

     - those in residence prior to 01/04/03

13.42

14.99

11.7

1.57

     - other tenants

14.48

14.99

3.5

0.51

  - communal facilities

  6.57

  6.93

5.5

0.36

Equity Shareholders

 

 

 

 

  Maximum Charge (exclusive of capital works)

 

 

 

 

   - schemes with communal facilities

 

 

 

 

     - those in residence prior to 01/04/03

23.64

27.77

17.5

4.13

     - other shareholders

24.70

27.77

12.4

3.07

   - schemes without communal facilities

 

 

 

 

     - those in residence prior to 01/04/03

17.07

19.54

7.6

2.47

     - other shareholders

18.13

19.54

7.8

1.41

Alarm System Service Charges*

 

 

 

 

Individual Alarms

 

 

 

 

  - Those not in receipt of benefit

 

 

 

 

     - where the Council supplies the alarm

3.79

3.83

1.1

0.04

     - where the user supplies the alarm

3.06

3.09

1.0

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

  - Those in receipt of benefit

 

 

 

 

     - where the Council supplies the alarm

3.11

3.49

12.2

0.38

     - where the user supplies the alarm

2.39

2.75

15.1

0.36

 

 

 

 

 

Group Alarms

3.36

3.48

3.6

0.12

* plus VAT where appropriate

 

 

 

 

Garage Rents

 

 

 

 

Garages rented to a Council tenant or leaseholder

6.64

7.00

5.4

0.36

N.B. In excess of two garages will be subject to VAT

 

 

 

 

Other Garages (subject to VAT)

9.17

9.67

5.5

0.50

Publication date: 12/02/2009

Date of decision: 12/02/2009

Decided at meeting: 12/02/2009 - Cabinet

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