The purpose of this decision is to respond to the consultation prospectus on the government’s proposal to replace the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Subsidy System, which offered this authority to take on £197 million of debt incurred by other councils, in return for which the authority would be able to retain 100% of housing rent collected locally.
Reason Key: Significant to Locality, Council or Services;
Type: Information Only
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Considered on: 5 July 2010 by Lead Cabinet member for Housing
Considered on: 22 July 2010 by Council
Considered on: 16 February 2011 by Lead Cabinet member for Housing
Considered on: 8 September 2011 by Cabinet
Considered on: 18 January 2012 by Housing Portfolio Holder's Meeting
Lead member: Lead Cabinet member for Housing Cllr Mark Howell cllr.howell@scambs.gov.uk
Lead director: Executive Director, Operational Services
Department: Executive Director - Operational Services
Contact: Stephen Hills, Director of Housing Email: stephen.hills@scambs.gov.uk Alex Colyer, Executive Director Tel: 01954 713023.
Consultees
All Elected District Councillors both before and at the Housing Portfolio Holder’s 19 May 2010 meeting and full Council on 27 May 2010, including, specifically, the Leader, Councillor Ray Manning; Major Opposition Group Leader, Councillor Sebastian Kindersley; Councillor Alex Riley, Independent Group Convenor; Scrutiny and Overview Committee Chairman, Councillor James Hockney; Scrutiny and Overview Committee Housing Portfolio Holder Monitors Councillors Liz Heazell and Ben Shelton; Opposition Spokesmen for Housing Councillors Frances Amrani and Liz Heazell
The Tenant Participation Group on 10 May 2010. Their key concerns are:
(a) The proposal to allocate such a large debt to the Council is fundamentally unfair.
(b) There may be further changes in the future, which would end up penalising the Council.
(c) Due regard has not been given in the proposal to how disabled adaptations will be funded.
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