East Renfrewshire's council house tenants will see their rent increase by only 3.5%.

The new rate, which applies from April next year, puts the average annual rent over 48 weeks up from £54.32 to £56.22.

Housing Convener, Councillor Danny Devlin, said: "Any rent increase, particularly in these economic times, needs to be kept to the minimum. Every effort has been made to make sure that the rent increase is kept as low as we can get it while maintaining the services our tenants want."

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Council housing bosses believe the rent increase of 3.5% in East Renfrewshire is the lowest increase necessary to allow the council's housing service to continue to invest in its housing stock to meet the national housing quality standards.

The increase will also cover all lock up and garage sites held by the council under its housing revenue account.

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