Decision details

To provide an update on the review of the Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency (CHIA) and to seek approval from the Housing Portfolio Holder as to the next steps in terms of the operation of the CHIA.

The Housing Portfolio Holder:

a)    Approved Option A: to lobby the County Council as part of a collective appeal from the local authorities, to try and negotiate a different settlement.

b)    Recommended Option C to Council: to review the fees charged by the Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency (CHIA) with a view that the HIA should be self sustaining. This would require fees to be increased from their current 15% to at least 18%, the exact level of fee to be determined in consultation with the County Council in time for the Council’s budget setting meeting in February 2018.