Council agrees one per cent rent rise for tenants

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Scots teen learning to talk again after suffering injuries in lamppost crashCouncillors approved the rent increase at a meeting of PKC’s housing and communities committee on Wednesday, February 3.Directing his comment and question at fellow Blairgowrie and Glens councillor Brawn, Cllr McEwan said: “Universal credit was designed as a punitive benefit encouraging people to go and seek work.“But obviously because of COVID people are losing their jobs and there are no jobs to replace them.

Is it fair on our tenants that they don’t have enough income because of Universal Credit to pay their rent and feed their families?”Trafficked worker reveals ordeal and rescue from Perthshire puppy farmCllr Brawn said: “The priority is the welfare of tenants.