Decision details

RESOLVED:

(a)               That the Council will make the best possible transfer offer to tenants by reflecting tenants’ aspirations as expressed through the extensive Housing Futures consultation activities, while having regard to the financial impact on the Council.

(b)               That the outline proposals set out in paragraph 33 of the report are supported as Cabinet considers that transfer to South Cambridgeshire Village Homes, a new local not for profit Housing Association, is in the best interests of the Council’s tenants.

(c)               That officers be instructed to develop the details of those proposals, in consultation with tenants, staff and the shadow board of South Cambridgeshire Village Homes for inclusion in the formal consultation (or ‘offer’) document for presentation to the Housing Portfolio Holder and Council early in 2009.

(d)               That the Council is prepared to consider reducing its places on the board of South Cambridgeshire Village Homes from five to three, in order to allow for a higher number of tenant board members, if principles from the Community Gateway Association model are incorporated in future.

(e)               That the Council supports in principle, a commitment that the housing transfer proposal should deliver an increase in the supply of affordable homes in the district’s villages.