Decision Taken By: CABINET MEMBER FOR Housing
Decision No: D120096MEM
Date: 16th July 2012
Decision(s) and Reason(s)
Review of the Housing Allocations Scheme
Minutes
The report referred to the Council's duty under Part VI Housing Act 1996, (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002), to determine housing need in the borough and to produce an allocations scheme which explained how affordable housing was allocated to those in housing need. It was noted that the Localism Act 2011 allowed local housing authorities in England to consider major revisions to housing allocation schemes to reflect local needs. A supplementary report summarised the main changes to legislation and guidance arising from the Localism Act and set out details of the process for considering revisions to the Council's Housing Allocations Scheme.
Following consideration by the Strategic Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Housing resolved that:
The measures to review and update the housing allocation scheme in accordance with the published statutory guidance, as set out in the supplementary report, be approved.
Reasons: As set out in the report submitted to the Strategic Housing Advisory Board of 16 July 2012.
Signed J Anderson (Cabinet Member for Housing)
Signed Leader: N Heslop
Signed Chief Executive: D Hughes
Date of Publication: 20 July 2012
This decision will come into force and may then be implemented on the expiry of 5 working days after publication unless it is called in.