Published on:
11
February 2021
A one year rent freeze for tenants has been agreed by Clackmannanshire Council.
The decision was made by councillors today, who heard that, when asked, 69% of tenants responding to a survey, strongly agreed/agreed with a proposed rent freeze.
The decision means rents won’t rise in April and will stay the same for a year.
The meeting was also told that unfortunately some of the planned improvement works to tenants’ homes had been unable to be progressed due to Covid restrictions in 2020/21. However, no improvement works will be cancelled and nobody will be moved out of any programme work. A revised investment plan will come before councillors next month.
Place Committee Convenor Cllr Craig Holden said: “This has been a challenging year for all. This decision is in recognition of the struggle of many of our tenants; not increasing the rents will hopefully go some way to relieve the financial pressure so many have endured as a result of the pandemic.”