Decision details
Issues Facing HRA
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
The Cabinet considered a report of the Corporate Director for People on the various financial pressures facing the Housing Revenue Account (HRA).
Resolved:-
1. That the submitted report be noted;
2. That the refund of overpaid heating charges, be approved.
3. That from 2016/17 consideration be given to South Essex Homes being charged with setting and recovering service, heating and water charges directly, and their management fee be reduced accordingly.
Reasons for Decision
1. To bring to the attention of Members, ahead of the HRA budget and rent setting 2016/17 report, various pressures facing the HRA as a result of recent changes in government policy and on-going work to ensure charges are reasonable to tenants.
2. To address issues in relation to service charges.
Other Options
None.
Note:- This is an Executive Function.
Eligible to call-in to Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee
Executive Councillor:- Cllr Norman
Report author: Joe Chesterton
Publication date: 20/11/2015
Date of decision: 10/11/2015
Decided at meeting: 10/11/2015 - Cabinet
Effective from: 21/11/2015
This decision has been called in by:
- Councillor Ann Holland who writes For Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee to consider"
- Councillor John Lamb who writes For Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee to consider"
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