Decision details

Formally to accept the Scrutiny Panel’s report – ‘A Review of Sheltered Housing Communal Rooms’ (Appendix A) and approve the Action Plan (Appendix B) which sets out how the Council plans to take forward the recommendations and outcomes from the review.

The Housing Portfolio Holder

1.     approved the project, the projected expenditure, the work undertaken to date and agrees to the project being rolled out in accordance with the draft programme which is estimated to be completed within a two year timescale;

2.     agreed to a proposed allocation of £205,000 to be vired from the existing capital budget and recouped from realised increased revenue and capital receipts;

3.     agreed to the proposed dedicated staffing resource to assist in managing and taking forward the project; and

4.     agreed that a Deed of Variation should be included in all future leases of equity share properties to ensure that leaseholders are not in a position to block any change of use proposed for communal rooms on the sheltered housing scheme where they reside.