Decision details
Local Authority Housing Fund – Updated Decision
Decision Maker: Director of Regeneration & Housing
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
On 11th April 2023 a decision was made to
accept £3.04m of government Local Authority Housing Fund
grant to obtain and refurbish property in order to provide
sustainable housing for those unable to secure their own
accommodation and are here under specific schemes for people from
Ukraine and Afghanistan. and to fully approve an initial capital
budget of £250k funded by this grant to initiate technical
design work. This update extends the scope of that decision to also
include the ability of the Council or Aequus (the Council’s
wholly owned development company) to make offers for suitable open
market house purchases to support the LAHF programme. This decision
does not authorise contract exchange which will subject to further
decision making.
Decision:
To authorise the Council or Aequus (the
Council’s wholly owned development company) to make offers
for suitable open market house purchases to support the LAHF
programme.
Alternative options considered:
The scheme aims to provide 22 high quality and
well managed homes with the potential to house up to 29 households.
If we do nothing we will lose this opportunity.
Publication date: 03/08/2023
Date of decision: 03/08/2023