Decision details

(Report of Chief Executive)

Consideration was given to the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 27 January 2015 arising from a review of the actions undertaken to return empty homes to active use.

The Cabinet resolved that:

The recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding the review of actions undertaken to return empty homes to active use be endorsed as follows:

1)               the housing service take the corporate lead for Empty Homes;

2)               a corporate working group be established to tackle the issue of Empty Homes; and

3)               public awareness of Empty Homes be raised through a variety of communication media and the process of reporting Empty Homes be simplified.