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Webcasting Please note: This meeting may be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's internet site - at the start of the meeting the Chair will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. The images and sound recording may be used for training purposes within the Council.
Generally the public seating areas are not filmed. However, by entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings for webcasting and/or training purposes.
If you have any queries regarding this, please contact the Committee Clerk at the meeting.
Minutes: The meeting was webcast on the Council’s website. |
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of Interest A member with a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered must disclose to that meeting the existence and nature of that interest at the commencement of that consideration, or when the interest becomes apparent.
A member with a personal interest in a matter also has a prejudicial interest in that matter if the interest is one which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member's judgment of the public interest and if this interest affects their financial position or the financial position of a person or body as described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct and/or if it relates to the determining of any approval, consent, licence, permission or registration in relation to them or any person or body described in paragraph 8 of the Code of Conduct. Minutes: Councillor Egan declared an interest in item 4, Housing Rent Increase, by nature of being on the board of Homes for Haringey. |
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Housing Rent Increase 2008/09 PDF 1 MB (Report of the Chief Financial Officer & the Director of Urban Environment) To present details of the proposed increase in housing rents from April 2008 including details of the government’s rent restructuring scheme and housing subsidy.
In accordance with Standing Order 32.6, no other business shall be considered. Minutes: The committee considered a report on the setting of council housing rents for 2008/09. The housing rent increase element of the financial planning budget package was referred to the committee at the meeting of the Cabinet of January 22nd 2008. The report received covered the way rents were calculated under the Government’s rent restructuring formula, housing subsidy entitlement and its link to rent setting. It also outlined procedures for assisting tenants experiencing difficulty in paying their rent.
Following discussion of the report at the committee, the following resolutions were made.
RESOLVED:
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