Decision details

the Cabinet Member for Housing approve the following:

(i)            All rents and charges to be effective from 1st April 2018 or such other date as determined by the Director of Property and Housing in consultation with the Director of Finance and Information Services.

(ii)     Dwelling rents for 2018/19 to be set as in accordance with Central Government's Social Rent Policy (with the rent reduction summarised in Appendix 4).

(iii)    General Service charges for 2018/19 to be set at this meeting as set out in this report, and in accordance with Appendix 5.

(iv)    Sheltered Housing Service charges for 2018/19 to be set at this meeting as set out in this report, and in accordance with Appendix 6.

(v)     Laundry charges for 2018/19 to be set at this meeting as set out in this report, and in accordance with Appendix 7.

(vi)    Heating charges to be set in accordance with Appendix 8.

(vii)  Garages and parking site rents as shown on Appendix 9 be amended so as to

·         Increase all Local and Leigh Park charges by 1%, and

·        Increase all other Non-local parking by 10%

(viii)  Revenue budgets for 2017/18 and 2018/19 as set out in Appendix 3 be approved and authority given to the Director of Property and Housing in consultation with the Director of Finance and Information Services to amend the budgets to reflect the latest available information prior to finalising budgets for 2018/19.

(ix)    The relevant Managers be authorised to incur expenditure in 2018/19.

(x)     The forecast Revenue Budgets for 2019/20 to 2020/21 as set out in Appendix 3 arising from the proposals contained in this report, be noted.