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Overview and Scrutiny Review of Actions to Return Empty Homes to Active Use

Meeting: 03/02/2015 - Cabinet (Item 12)

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Decision:

(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.

Minutes:

Decision Notice D150009CAB