Cost-of-living crisis bites as half of North Ayrshire's tenants behind on rent payments

Nearly half of North Ayrshire Council tenants have fallen behind with hire funds.

Some 5,460 tenants – 43.5 per cent – have arrears on their accounts for 2021-22.

That is up simply 4 per cent from 2017-18. Nonetheless, 3,791 tenants (30.2 per cent) have overpaid.

This determine has elevated greater than 9 per cent from 2017-18 and has gone up yearly since then.

There are additionally 15,118 council tax accounts which at present have a debit steadiness on the 2021/22 monetary yr.

In contrast, there are 2,609 council tax accounts that, at current, have a credit score steadiness for a similar interval.

North Ayrshire was the seventh-highest performing native authority out of the 32 in Scotland for recycling family waste within the calendar yr 2020.

The official knowledge for the 2021 calendar yr is predicted to be revealed by the Scottish Envrionment Safety Company (SEPA) this month.

In the meantime, the variety of bin liners purchased by the council has risen from 382,000 in 2018 to 519,300 final yr.

Some 12,800 had been utilized in colleges and 506,500 in different buildings.

This in contrast with 362,540 in 2019 with the pandemic and a rise in staycations believed to be behind the rise in utilization.