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Article: Tenants face 16 per cent rent rise to stay with council
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- November 27, 2002
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ABERDEEN City Council tenants yesterday voted overwhelmingly in
favour of keeping the authority as their landlord following a
referendum - a decision which could see their rents rising by more
than 16 per cent over the next four years.
Tenants were offered the choice of keeping the housing stock in
council ownership or having houses transferred to a non-profit-
making organisation.
More than 17,000 tenants voted in favour of the local authority,
despite the threatened rent rises, while only 1,094 voted for the
transfer option in the referendum which attracted a turnout of almost
60 per cent.
A consultants' report, published at the start of the poll, stated
that, if the stock was ...