Issue - meetings

The Council considered a report updating the position following the Council resolution of 14^th March 2019 to bring a report to this meeting on options and implications covering policy, budget and Council operations regarding social housing, recovery of empty properties and further regulation of the private rented sector.

On a motion from Councillor Tim Ball, seconded by Councillor Sarah Warren, it was

RESOLVED to note that, given the importance of the topic, Cabinet have requested;

1.  Further investigative work on the options relating to the building of Council housing, with a report being presented to Cabinet later in the year;

2.  Furthermore, that this topic is taken forward for discussion and development at the Climate Emergency and Sustainability Panel for cross party discussion before coming back to Council; and

3.  That this work (at resolutions 1 and 2 above) is undertaken in the context of an agreement by this Council that, in principle, it wishes to start building Council housing again.

[Notes;

1.  The above resolution 3 was proposed by Councillor Robin Moss, seconded by Councillor Liz Hardman, and accepted into the substantive motion by the mover and seconder.

2.  The successful resolution was carried, with 43 Councillors voting in favour and 9 Councillors voting against.

3.  During debate, the Monitoring Officer was asked to advise whether bringing the report back in this form breached any constitutional rules.  She responded that the March resolution requested a report to this meeting, and that had happened.]