Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director

Presented by the Housing and Customer Services Portfolio Holder

The Strategic Director presented the report to Members.

He reminded Members that the Tenant Scrutiny Panel was formed in 2011 as a requirement of the Localism Act, and consisted of a group of volunteer tenants, to carry out reviews of the areas of the housing service they identify. This was their 8^th Report.

He advised Members that the inspections in relation to Right First Time had taken longer than some previous ones due a turnover in the membership of the Panel.

It was noted that the Panel had produced 7 recommendations, as detailed in the report, all of which have been accepted by the Housing Service and the action plan at Appendix B provided the framework through which implementation would be monitored and progress fed back to the Panel.

Councillor R Blunt stated that he was happy to support the recommendations. He advised that he had seen figures in relation to the state of the authority’s empty properties, which was 7%, and that the Council always strived to improve its performance.

It was moved by Councillor R Blunt, seconded by Councillor N J Rushton and

RESOLVED THAT:

The action plan prepared in response to the recommendations from the Tenant Scrutiny Panel Inspection of right first time housing repairs be approved.

Reason for decision: To allow the implementation of the of the Housing Services action plan in respect of Right First Time Housing Repairs.