£41.3m homes budget agreed

WEST Lothian Council has approved a new £41.3 million housing budget.

The local authority also agreed a four per cent increase in rents at the council meeting on Tuesday, as part of a previously agreed four-year strategy which was approved in February 2008.

The average weekly rent for council homes in West Lothian for 2010/2011 will be 57.68 per week. Garage rents will be frozen for a second year, with the intention of keeping them capped until 2011-12.