Decision details
Strategic Review of Tower Hamlets Homes
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Following a strategic review of Tower Hamlets
Homes (THH) the Arms length Management Organisation currently
managing the Councils housing stock, this report recommends future
housing management arrangements beyond July 2020 when the THH
management agreement ends.
Decision:
The recommendations were amended and then approved.
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.
DECISION
1. To note the findings of Altair’s independent review of current housing management arrangements and appraisal of future options (Appendix 1 to the report).
2. To note the outcome of the recent consultation exercise (Appendix 2 to the report) and agree to proceed with the extension of the Council’s management agreement with Tower Hamlets Homes for four years (to 2024), with a possible extension for a further four years (to 2028).
3. To delegate to the Corporate Director (Place) after consultation with the Corporate Director (Governance), authority to complete the said extension by July 2020 and do all that is necessary for this purpose including negotiating and approving a revised Management Agreement.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)
(Interim Divisional Director, Housing and Regeneration (M. Baigent)
(ALMO Client Manager (J. Kiwanuka)
Report author: Mark Baigent
Publication date: 02/08/2019
Date of decision: 31/07/2019
Decided at meeting: 31/07/2019 - Cabinet
Effective from: 10/08/2019
Accompanying Documents:
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