Decision - Housing Revenue Account Budget & Capital Investment Programme 2025-26 and Medium-Term Financial Strategy

Brighton and Hove Council, Cabinet Decided 13 Feb 2025 · effective 22 Feb 2025 approved Key decision GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Council, Cabinet

Report author

Martin Reid, Craig Garoghan

Published

14 Feb 2025

Reference

7405

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This report requests approval of the HRA capital and revenue budget 2025-26 and recommendation to Budget Council.

That Cabinet: 1) Approves a rent increase of 2.7% in line with government legislation as detailed in paragraph 3.12 of the report. 2) Approves the service charges and fees as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report. 3) Notes the 5-year capital programme as set out in Appendix 3 to the report. 4) Notes the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) and 30-year financial projections shown in Appendix 4 to the report. 5) Notes and recommends to Full Council for approval the HRA Revenue Budget for 2025/26 as outlined in table 1of the main report and Appendix 1. 6) Notes and recommends to Full Council for approval the new Capital Programme Budget of £77.765m for 2025/26 be agreed as part of the revised capital budget of £111.098m (which includes reprofiles of £33.333m from 2024/25). 7) Notes and recommends to Full Council approval of the earmarking of £1m reserves against disrepair claims for 2025/26. 8) Notes and recommends to Full Council for approval the 5-year capital programme as set out in Appendix 3 to the report.

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The appendix sets out Brighton & Hove City Council’s Housing Revenue Account capital investment programme for 2025/26 to 2029/30. It proposes approval of a £77.5 million 2025/26 capital budget, within a five-year programme supporting new affordable housing, health and safety, major works, planned works, sustainability and other housing investment.

Recommendation

Approve the proposed 2025/26 HRA capital investment budget of £77.5 million, with provisional budgets for the following four financial years noted for planning purposes.

Financial impact

£77.5 million proposed 2025/26 capital budget for approval; the total five-year capital investment programme is £479.94 million.

Ward affected

city-wide

Stakeholders named

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Council housing residentsLeaseholdersAffordable housing residentsHousing service staffRegulator of Social Housing

Next steps

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Seek approval for the proposed 2025/26 HRA capital budget.
Develop individual business cases for new projects where required.
Present new schemes and major property acquisition approaches to Cabinet separately for approval.
Undertake feasibility studies and options appraisals for the eight Large Panel System blocks, with Cabinet approval anticipated in summer 2025.

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