Decision details
Rent Setting and Service Charges
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
The report before Members considered the proposed new rent levels for 2015/16, together with the service charge proposals for tenants and leaseholders.
The report included the consideration of the Housing and Health Committee with regards to the proposed rent levels for 2015/16, and sought the recommendations of the Finance and Resource Committee to Ordinary Council on 4th March 2015.
Cllr Aspinell MOVED and Cllr Lloyd SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a discussion it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:
1. Members agree to increase Rent to CPI plus 1% from April 2015.
2. Members agree to freeze the proposed Service Charges for 2015/16 for tenants, however any decrease to service charges will be passed onto the tenant.
3. Members agree that Leaseholder Service Charges be calculated in line with the current reconciliation policy.
4. Members agree to applying the formula rent to all new tenancies from April 2015/16
Report author: Helen Gregory
Publication date: 16/02/2015
Date of decision: 11/02/2015
Decided at meeting: 11/02/2015 - Finance and Resources Committee
Effective from: 25/02/2015
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