Decision details

The Council will expand its temporary accommodation by using two additional properties located on New Bond Street and Hot Bath Street in Bath. One was a Curo leased property returned to the Council, and the other is now vacant. Both need repairs and refurbishment to reduce reliance on hotel type accommodation. The decision also includes purchasing another property "off the market" for temporary housing as part of the Government-funded Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) (Decision E3531: Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3).

To fully approve capital amounting to £505k from the Government's Homelessness Prevention Grant and Local Authority Housing Fund to expand temporary accommodation provision.

Sell both Council properties on the open market and not purchase another property off the market for temporary housing as part of the Government-funded Local Authority Housing Fund. However, this option would not reduce the Council’s resilience in relation to its statutory homelessness duties and would mean LAHF funding would need to be repaid.