Decision details

Disabled Facilities Grants and the Joint Housing Adaptations Agreement

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To provide the Housing Portfolio Holder with an update as to the country wide review of Disabled Facilities Grants and to seek approval of the joint Housing Adaptations Agreement proposed by Cambridgeshire County Council.

Decision:

The Portfolio Holder:

a)    Approved the Joint Housing Adaptations Agreement that provides a framework from which the districts will work towards developing a Joint Adaptations Policy (Option A).

b)    Approved as an interim before the Joint Policy is agreed, the flexibility within the Council’s existing policies to provide for ‘top up’ funding where necessary and subject to available funding (Option B).

Publication date: 19/10/2017

Date of decision: 18/10/2017

Decided at meeting: 18/10/2017 - Housing Portfolio Holder's Meeting

Effective from: 28/10/2017

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