Agenda and minutes

Member Decisions Meeting for Housing (Pre May 2022) - Thursday, 3rd March, 2022 9.00 am

Venue: Virtual Meeting. View directions

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Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL INTEREST

Minutes:

There were no declarations of personal interest.

2.

DECISION RECORD - 12TH NOVEMBER 2021 pdf icon PDF 273 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the decision record of the meeting held on the 12th November 2021 be signed as a correct record.

 

3.

RENT SETTING FOR PENYBRYN GYPSY/TRAVELLER SITE 2022/23 pdf icon PDF 580 KB

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member considered a report to confirm the weekly rent increase for the Penybryn Gypsy/Traveller site during the financial year 2022/23. The Cabinet Member was informed that the Gypsy and Travellers’ site was a Council Tax funded service and there were currently 15 plots on the Penybryn site. While all Local Authorities and Housing Associations in Wales had aligned themselves to the social housing rents policy in relation to rental levels for social housing, the Penybryn site did not form part of the Housing Revenue Account, and so rental levels charged were not governed by the Welsh Government’s rents policy. However, it was considered fair and equitable for rents at the site to be increased by the same formula applied to Council tenants. For the financial year 2022/23, that would be a 2.9% increase and it was recommended that the weekly rental levels for 2022/23 be set at £58.72 (net of service charges and water rates) providing an annual income of £42,278.40 for 2022/23, if all 15 pitches were occupied throughout the year.

 

 

RESOLVED:

3.1

that the weekly rental level for pitches at the Penybryn Gypsy/Traveller Site be set at £58.72 collected over 48 weeks.

3.2

that the service charge policy be applied to ensure tenants of the site paid for those additional services.

3.3

that the charge for water usage be set at £34.15 collected over 48 weeks.

3.4

that officers be authorised to consult with the residents of Penybryn and set the overall charges stated in table 1.