Purpose

The report and attached Rent and Service Charge Policy have been developed to set out how Cambridge City Council’s landlord services will set their rents and service charges in Housing Revenue Account (HRA) owned and managed properties. It has been written in accordance with best practice, legislation and regulation to set out clearly and transparently to our tenants and leaseholders how we set their rent and service charges.

This policy ensures we set our rent and service charges in accordance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Rent Standard 2020 and meets all relevant Housing Legislation.

Decision

Cabinet RESOLVED (Unanimous) to:

1.     Approve the Rent and Service Charge Policy, which will be implemented immediately.
2.     Provide the Cabinet Member for Housing, Assistant Director Housing and Health in consultation with the Housing Advisory Board delegated authority to update the policy as required.
3.     Provide the Assistant Director Housing and Health, Strategic Housing Management Lead and Housing Leadership Board delegated authority to develop all relevant procedures to support the implementation of this Rent and Service Charge Policy.