Decision details

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the adoption of the Council’s Housing Strategy (2019-2024) attached at Appendix 1 be approved:

(2)       That the Service Director - Regulatory, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental Health, be authorised to make minor changes to the Strategy;

(3)       That power be delegated to the Service Director - Regulatory, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental Health, to agree an annual action plan which will set out the specific actions to be undertaken to implement the Strategy;

(4)       That the Service Director – Regulatory, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental Health, be authorised to deploy Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) homelessness funding of £173k (for 2019/20) to meet homelessness priorities identified in the Strategy;

(5)       That, in the event the MHCLG provides homelessness funding beyond the financial year 2019/20, the Service Director – Regulatory, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental Health, be authorised to decide on the specific allocation of the funds in order to meet homelessness priorities, for the duration of the Strategy.

REASON FOR DECISION: To enable the Council to undertake its strategic housing responsibilities over the next five years in a planned, transparent and inclusive manner. The Council is legally required to produce an up-to-date Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and a Tenancy Strategy.