Rent Review

Closed 15 Oct 2024

Opened 17 Sep 2024

Contact

Katie Roddie

(Senior Housing Officer )

01259 450000

consultation@clacks.gov.uk

Overview

Clackmannanshire Council is considering whether to change the way that rents are calculated and reclaimed from tenants.

Rents are usually charged based on the characteristics of the home that a tenant lives in, for example:
•    property size (the number of bedrooms)
•    property type (flat/house) or 
•    location and property features.

A range of characteristics could potentially be taken into account when setting rents. 

The reason that change is being considered is to create a charging system which is simple, fair and consistent across all tenants of Clackmannanshire Council. This means that the same set of rules will apply to all tenants, ensuring that no one pays more or less than they should for the property that they live in and the services they receive.

Clackmannanshire Council want to consult tenants about how to set rents within the main rent for the property. This is a chance to have your say on whether you think this is a good idea. 

This is a separate exercise from the annual rent increase.  Our annual rent increase consultation will come later in the year, in November.

Why your views matter

Clackmannanshire Council want to hear views on what you consider to be a simple, fair and consistent set of rules for rent setting. We want to test your ideas on which property characteristics should be considered to guide how rents are calculated. Your views are extremely important to us. 

We would like to assure you that all the information we collect will be kept in the strictest confidence and used for research purposes only. It will not be possible to identify anything you have said personally from the results.  Thank you for your participation and do please answer all questions.

All of the information you provide will be handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Council's Privacy Notice.

To express our thanks for completing this survey, all fully completed questionnaires returned to Clackmannanshire Council will be entered into a prize draw.

The first survey form drawn from completed entries will receive £25.

The closing date for returning completed survey questionnaires is 15th October 2024. 

To be eligible for the prize draw, please complete all questions in this survey and add your contact details at the end.

What happens next

Tell your respondents what will happen after your consultation results have been analysed, eg report will go to Council and uploaded to Citizen Space for respondents to view.

All services are expected to upload consultation results to Citizen Space as well as short paragraphs for We Asked You Said We Did.

Events

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Council tenants

Interests

  • Housing strategy