The Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) (Councillor Sheila Bailey) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Council Meeting to set the level of rent and service charges in the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and approve the HRA budget for 2017/18.
RESOLVED – (57 for) That approval be given to:-
(i) A reduction in the average social rent of 1% for dwelling rents;
(ii) An increase of 2.5% for rents of shared ownership properties;
(iii) Service charge changes and increases as outlined in Section 3;
(iv) A 2.0% increase in Carecall Charges;
(v) A 2.0% increase in Sheltered Warden and Laundry charges;
(vi) The Housing Revenue Account Budget for 2017/18 as set out in Appendix 1.
The names of those councillors voting on this resolution were recorded as follows:-
Those councillors who voted for the resolution were:-
The Mayor (Councillor Chris Gordon) in the chair; Deputy Mayor (Councillor Lisa Walker); Councillors Geoff Abell, Malcolm Allan, Brian Bagnall, Sheila Bailey, Stuart Bodsworth, Laura Booth, Walter Brett, Anna Charles-Jones, Richard Coaton, Christine Corris, Stuart Corris, Dickie Davies, Tom Dowse, Roy Driver, Annette Finnie, Dean Fitzpatrick, Colin Foster, Alex Ganotis, Graham Greenhalgh, Tom Grundy, Yvonne Guariento, Paul Hadfield, Philip Harding, Daniel Hawthorne, Keith Holloway, Linda Holt, Sylvia Humphreys, Mark Hunter, Mike Hurleston, Susan Ingham, Oliver Johnstone, Mags Kirkham, Julian Lewis-Booth, Syd Lloyd, John McGahan, Tom McGee, Wendy Meikle, Chris Murphy, Adrian Nottingham, John Pantall, Paul Porgess, Iain Roberts, David Sedgwick, Lisa Smart, June Somekh, Andy Sorton, Charlie Stewart, John Taylor, Jon Twigge, Alanna Vine, Mark Weldon, Wendy Wild, David Wilson, Elise Wilson and John Wright.
The Executive considered the rent and service charge levels for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) in 2017/18 and a proposed HRA budget for 2017/18 and recommended to the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the following:-
· a reduction in the average social rent of 1% for dwelling rents;
· an increase of 2.5% for rents of shared ownership properties;
· service charge changes and increases as outlined in Section 3;
· a 2.0% increase in Carecall Charges;
· a 2.0% increase in Sheltered Warden and Laundry charges;
· the Housing Revenue Account Budget for 2016/17 as set out in Appendix 1.