Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Housing

Presented by the Housing Portfolio Holder

The Director of Housing presented the report to Members. He informed Members that before them were three revised policies and one new policy that had been out to consultation with the relevant stakeholders, tenants and the Policy Development Group. He highlighted the following:-

·         Anti-Social Behaviour Policy had been revised following a review by the Tenant Scrutiny Panel and the policy also reflected a change of focus away from dealing with every reported case to allow officers to deal with the more serious cases.

·         Tenancy Policy had been revised due to a Government announcement that all new social housing tenancies must be fixed and no new lifetime tenancies. He stated that there was no start date for the changes but the revision put the framework in place for the changes once the date was confirmed.

·         Compensation Policy had been revised following previous experiences and allowed best practice.

·         Private Rented Offer Policy was a new policy that was required following a change of legislation and gave the option to offer suitable privately rented accommodation to homeless applicants to whom the Council owed a rehousing duty.

Councillor T J Pendleton stated that as Chair of the Safer North West Leicestershire Partnership he was pleased to see that the different services of the authority when dealing with anti-social behaviour were working to the same legislation, and content that the fixed term tenancy was in place if required.

Councillor A V Smith stated that there were four excellent policies before them and felt that the Private Rented Offer Policy had been well thought out.

It was moved by Councillor R Blunt, seconded by Councillor T J Pendleton and

RESOLVED THAT:

The four new and revised policies attached as appendix 1 to 4 be approved.

Reason for decision: To provide a robust policy framework to guide the delivery of housing services