Policy And Resources Committee - 22/01/2018

At a MEETING of the POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 22nd January, 2018.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor John ALEXANDER, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 8th January, 2018 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II HOUSING (HRA) REVENUE BUDGET 2018/2021 AND REVIEW OF RENTS AND OTHER HOUSING CHARGES FOR 2018/2019

The Committee acceded to a request for a deputation to address the Committee relative to this item. After the deputation had stated their case and answered questions from members of the Committee, they were thanked for their attendance and withdrew.

There was submitted Joint Report No 21-2018 by the Executive Director of Corporate Services and Executive Director of Neighbourhood Services advising members of the outcome of the rent consultation exercise in order to approve the Housing (HRA) Revenue Budget and other housing charges for the financial year 2018/2019.

The Committee:-

(i) noted the outcome of the rent consultation exercise detailed in Section 5 and Appendix 3 to the report;

(ii) approved the Housing (HRA) Revenue Budget for 2018/2019 as detailed in Appendix 1 to the report;

(iii) noted the Provisional Revenue Budgets for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 detailed in Appendix 1 to the report;

(iv) approved rents be increased by 3.00% equal to an average increase of 2.13 per week and subject to a maximum increase of 3.00 with effect from 2nd April, 2018;

(v) approved that all other housing charges be set as outlined in Appendix 2 to the report with effect from 2nd April, 2018;

(vi) agreed that the level of rents held on the Housing (HRA) be similarly applied to miscellaneous houses ie the properties which were leased to the Richmond Fellowship, Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership and City Development, subject to categorisation where appropriate; and

(vii) agreed that tenants allowances remain unchanged, with the exception of the decant allowances for tenants making their own arrangements for alternative accommodation, where the limit of three weeks could be extended in exceptional circumstances and where it was more economical than the alternatives.

John ALEXANDER, Convener.