Decision details
Residential Tenancy Policy
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The first Council homes will shortly become
operational and rented to eligible residents. The Residential
Tenancy Policy sets out how these homes will be operated and
managed by the Council. The policy includes a range of customer
facing policies and statements relating to tenure, payments,
repairs and maintenance, anti-social behaviour, evictions,
complaints policy and data protection etc.
Decision:
To adopt the Residential Tenancy Policy attached as Appendix 1 to the report.
Reasons for the decision:
The Residential Tenancy Policy includes a range of customer facing policies and statements relating to tenure, payments, repairs and maintenance, anti-social behaviour, evictions, complaints policy and data protection etc. The policy typically follows established custom & practice in the social housing sector.
Alternative options considered:
The Council is obliged to set out how the tenancies will operate in practice. As such not having such a policy was not considered an option.
Report author: Graham Sabourn
Publication date: 11/11/2022
Date of decision: 10/11/2022
Decided at meeting: 10/11/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 19/11/2022
Accompanying Documents: