Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Housing and Property Committee will take place Remotely on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at 10.30 am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

BUSINESS    
        
1. Apologies for Absence
Leisgeulan
        
2. Declarations of Interest
Foillseachaidhean Com-pàirt

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.
    
3. Housing Revenue Account Estimates 2021/22    
Tuairmsean Teachd-a-steach HRA 2021/22

There is circulated Report No HP/01/21 dated 13 January 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Housing and Property.

The Committee is invited to agree:-

i.  the draft HRA Revenue Budget for 2021/22 (attached as Appendix 1);
ii. a 2% increase for council house rents for 2021/22;
iii.that this percentage increase (2%) is applied to all residential HRA rents and service charges (except for sheltered housing services) and to Gypsy/Traveller site pitches;
iv. that there should be no increase in service charges for sheltered housing tenants in 2021/22;
v.  that non-HRA rents for leased property should be increased as stipulated in existing contracts.

Members are requested to note that details of other issues of interest relating to the Housing and Property Committee are available through the Bulletin on the Council’s Intranet.