Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability seeking to approve new charges to tenants for landlord controlled heating from 7 October 2013, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 13/14 11002)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainability Services in association with the Cabinet Member for Resources, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To amend the basis for the future operation of the landlord controlled heating account as set out in paragraph 11 of the report;

(ii)  To agree a one-off contribution of £391,000 from available HRA balances in 2013/14 to reduce the current deficit on the heating account;

(iii)  To agree that charges to tenants for landlord controlled heating are limited to an increase of 2.5% from 7 October 2013; and

(iv)  To thank the Tenant Resource Group for their input to the charge setting process and to note their endorsement of the recommendations above.