Decision details
Common Housing Register Allocation Scheme
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Approval of amendments to the Common Housing Register Allocation Scheme and agreement of the 2016/17 and 17/18 Lettings Plan.
Decision:
The recommendations were amended and then agreed.
DECISION
1. To note the changes to the Allocations Scheme regarding the new Right to Move for employment reasons as required by changes in government regulations.
2. To agree to a new sub band in Band 2 of the Allocations Scheme to avoid the risk of legal challenge to present policy on applicants in housing need who do not meet the 3 year residence requirement.
3. To agree to restrict existing policy that allows applicants to bid for 1 bed smaller than their assessed bedroom need and allow room sharing only where children of opposite sexes are both under 10 years old.
4. To defer agreement to amend the quota for Band 3 lets from 10% of one, two and three bed properties to 5% of 1 bed & studios per annum to allow further consideration.
5. To authorise the use of some social housing general needs stock as non – secure tenancies for temporary accommodation up to a maximum of 100 units per annum.
6. To agree the Lettings Plan for 2016/17 and extend it to 2017/18.
7. To agree to add social worker to the professions that qualify for key workers status set out in the Allocations scheme.
8. Re-instate power to discharge the housing duty by making a Private Rental Sector Offer.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)
(Interim Service Head, Housing Strategy, Regeneration, Sustainability and Housing Options (M. Baigent)
Report author: Jackie Odunoye
Publication date: 03/11/2016
Date of decision: 01/11/2016
Decided at meeting: 01/11/2016 - Cabinet
Effective from: 11/11/2016
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