Winter 2011 (1.9 MB PDF) - Angus Council

Housing news
How will the rise affect average rents?
We think the average Angus Council rent will
remain one of the lowest council rents in Scotland
lowest in Scotland, and well below this
year’s Scottish local authority average of
£56.95.
This rent increase will continue to fund
record levels of investment in Angus
council houses of up to £13.9 million. This
will see the completion of the first 51 new
council houses, and progress on site with
a further 96 homes. In addition to this the
council is working with developers to
transform seven sites across Angus into
affordable housing for 77 families. The
new council houses will be allocated to
existing council tenants through a special
lettings initiative without the right to buy
so the investment in new homes will be
protected.
The money from this year’s increase will
also continue to pay for a repairs appointment
system, our Downsizing Incentive
Scheme (DIS), and the Angus House
Exchange initiative. •
This table shows you how the rent you’ve paid
from April 2011 compares with the rents of
other Scottish councils. We’re assuming that
every council will increase their rents this year
and for comparison purposes, we’re assuming
they’ll increase their rent by the Consumer
Price Index of 5.2% (September 2011.)
We think the average rent in Angus will remain
one of the lowest council rents in Scotland.
Council
Average rent
this year
Average rent
increased by
CPI
City of Edinburgh £74.87 £78.76
Renfrewshire 62.98 66.25
Shetland 61.04 64.21
The Highland Council 60.99 64.16
Aberdeen City 60.29 63.43
Dundee 60.23 63.36
West Lothian 59.99 63.11
East Dunbartonshire 59.24 62.32
Orkney 58.75 61.81
North Ayrshire 58.60 61.65
Scotland 56.95 59.91
Stirling 56.15 59.07
Clackmannanshire 56.01 58.92
South Lanarkshire 56.01 58.92
East Ayrshire 55.13 58.00
Aberdeenshire 55.01 57.87
South Ayrshire 54.97 57.83
West Dunbartonshire 54.48 57.31
Perth & Kinross 54.52 57.36
East Renfrewshire 54.44 57.27
Fife 54.05 56.86
Falkirk 53.43 56.21
North Lanarkshire 53.16 55.92
Midlothian 51.35 54.02
Angus 49.90 53.49
East Lothian 44.97 47.31
The Moray Council 43.55 45.81
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