Issue - meetings
Write off of Former Tenant balances over £2000
Meeting: 10/09/2007 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel (Item 27)
27 Former Tenant Arrears - Write Off 
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This report seeks agreement from the Executive Member for Housing to write off a number of former tenants arrears.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Housing be advised to approve Option 2 which involves writing off former tenants arrears of £23,111.53 as detailed in Annex A of the report.
Decision of the Executive Member for Housing
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: In line with the recommendations of the audit report detailed in paragraph 2 and to help reduce the bad debt impact on the Housing Revenue Account.
Minutes:
Members considered a report which detailed former tenants arrears, which were recommended for, write off. It was reported that these cases were where Housing Services had attempted a number of traces but had been unable to obtain a forwarding address or any information on the whereabouts of the tenant or where the tenant had died leaving insufficient funds.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Housing be advised to approve Option 2 which involves writing off former tenants arrears of £23,111.53 as detailed in Annex A of the report.
Decision of the Executive Member for Housing
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: In line with the recommendations of the audit report detailed in paragraph 2 and to help reduce the bad debt impact on the Housing Revenue Account.