Decision details
Annual Housing Revenue Account (HRA) rent and service charge setting review
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
*RESOLVED –
1. That, for 2020/21, individual social rents be set based on the current National Social Rent Policy, giving a rent increase of 2.7% with effect from 6 April, 2020.
2. That, for 2020/21 and onwards, where a social rent property is re-let to a new or transferring tenant the rent level be increased to the target rent for that property.
3. That, for 2020/21, individual affordable rents be set based on the current National Social Rent Policy giving a cash rent increase of 2.7% with effect from 6 April, 2020.
4. That, for 2020/21 and onwards, where an affordable rent property is re-let to a new or transferring tenant the rent level be set by reference to 80% of the market rent (including service charges where applicable) for a similar property at the time of re-letting or the formula rent for the property, whichever is the greater.
5. That the service charges be increased as set out in Appendix A of the officer’s report.
REASON FOR DECISIONS
1. To enable the council to set the level of council house rents in accordance with Government guidelines and the Rent Standard.
2. To enable the council to set service charges for 2020/21 and ensure that the cost of delivering services continues to break even.
3. To contribute to the council’s corporate priority ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’.
Reason Key: Has a significant impact in environmental, physical, social or economic terms on communities;
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Contact: James Crouch Email: james.crouch@chesterfield.gov.uk Tel: 01246 345150.
Report author: James Crouch
Publication date: 14/01/2020
Date of decision: 14/01/2020
Decided at meeting: 14/01/2020 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/01/2020
Accompanying Documents:
- AnnualHRArentandservicechargereview PDF 84 KB
- Appendix A for Annual Housing Revenue Account (HRA) rent and service charge setting review PDF 45 KB
- Appendix B for Annual Housing Revenue Account (HRA) rent and service charge setting review PDF 299 KB
- Appendix C for Annual Housing Revenue Account (HRA) rent and service charge setting review PDF 155 KB