Decision Taken By: CABINET MEMBER FOR Planning and Transportation
Decision No: D120016MEM
Date: 20th February 2012
Decision(s) and Reason(s)
The Future of Social Housing - Paper to Ambition Board 2
Minutes
The report summarised the key messages contained in the paper submitted to Ambition Board 2 in January 2012. It provided an update on the funding regime for new social and affordable housing in Kent and identified specific actions to respond to the key challenges ahead.
Following consideration by the Strategic Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation resolved that:
(1) the recommendations set out at Section 9 of Annex 1 to the report, be endorsed; and
(2) a report be submitted to a future meeting of the Strategic Housing Advisory Board setting out how this Council and its Registered Provider Partners can safeguard a continuing supply of new social rented homes to meet the future needs of low income households.
Reasons: As set out in the report submitted to the Strategic Housing Advisory Board of 20 February 2012
Signed N Heslop (Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation)
Signed Leader: M Worrall
Signed Chief Executive: D Hughes
Date of Publication: 24 February 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.
In accordance with Paragraph 2, Annex 1 of the Executive Procedure Rules, the Leader nominated the Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation to take this decision in the absence of the Cabinet Member for Housing.