Agenda item

8.1

RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Jayne Dunn, seconded by Councillor Karen McGowan, that:-

(a)       the HRA Business Plan report for 2017/18 as set out in appendix A to the report is approved;

(b)       the HRA Revenue Budget 2017/18 as set out in appendix B to the report is approved;

(c)        rents for council dwellings, including temporary accommodation, are reduced by 1% from April 2017 in line with the requirements in the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016;

(d)       from 2017/18, garage rents will change to a single rate for garage plots and a single rate for garage sites; once implemented this will apply to new garage tenants immediately and to existing garage tenants once improvements have been made to existing sites and plots;

(e)       the community heating unit charge for tenants who receive metered heating is reduced by 10% from April 2017; community heating charges for those tenants receiving unmetered heating will remain unchanged from April 2017;

(f)        following the review of sheltered housing service charges in 2015, as approved by the Cabinet Member for Housing, and work undertaken on future charging for communal heating in sheltered schemes, as reported to the Cabinet Member, the existing weekly charge of £14.89 will be amended to £15.54 to recover the cost for communal heating in sheltered schemes;

(g)       burglar alarm charges are to remain unchanged from April 2017; and

(h)       charges for furnished accommodation are to remain unchanged from April 2017.

8.2

(NOTE: The final paragraph (paragraph i) of the recommendations made by Cabinet, as set out in the agenda papers published for this Council meeting, was  withdrawn from consideration on the grounds that it was included in the agenda in error, having not been approved at the Cabinet meeting on 18^th January 2017.)