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Housing Futures: Next steps following Stage 1 of the Formal Consultation

 

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Significant to Locality, Council or Services;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Decision due: 13 November 2008 by Cabinet

Decision due: 20 January 2009 by Lead Cabinet member for Housing

Decision due: 29 January 2009 by Council

Decision due: 23 April 2009 by Council

Responses to Stage 1 of the Formal Consultation

Lead member: Lead Cabinet member for Housing

Department: Executive Director - Operational Services

Contact: Steve Hampson, Executive Director, Operational Services Email: steve.hampson@scambs.gov.uk Tel: 01954 713021.

Consultees

The development of the offer to tenants has been informed by the wider consultation work that has been carried out as part of the pre ballot phase of the Housing Futures process including the following:

·                      joint stakeholder workshops with tenants, staff, district councillors and members of the New Landlord Selection Panel (NLSP) and the Shadow Board of South Cambridgeshire Village Homes (SCVH)

·                      a home visiting programme over the summer of 2008

·                      drop-in sessions organised through the Independent Tenant Adviser (ITA)

·                      coffee mornings held in sheltered housing schemes

·                      the home visits programme

·                      feedback provided at open events

·                      consultation with the Leaseholder and Sheltered Housing Forums

 

The Tenant Participation Group (TPG) and Transfer Advisory Group (TAG) have been involved in the development of the detailed proposals that are included in the offer document.

 

The detailed proposals contained within the offer to tenants have also been worked up in consultation with staff within the Council’s housing service and members of the New Landlord Selection Panel (NLSP) and the members of the shadow board of South Cambridgeshire Village Homes.

 

A workshop was held with members of the Shadow Board of South Cambridgeshire Village Homes in early January 2009 to consider the draft offer document and provide an opportunity to comment, with updates reported to Council on 29 January 2009.

 

Other interested parties who have been or will be consulted on the offer document before it can be issued to tenants include:

·                      The Tenant Services Authority (formerly the Housing Corporation) as the government appointed regulator of housing providers, including housing associations (and from April 2010 local authorities and Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs)

·                      CLG (and the Government Office)

·                      The independent tenant adviser (ITA), PS Consultants

 

Homes & Communities Agency

 

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