Decision details

Purpose of Report: As part of the council’s wider review of its overall future operating model, all service areas within the council have been asked to undertake a review of their operating model.

This report recommends that the council undertakes a full housing stock options appraisal and at the same time develop tenant and staff panels and establish a ad-hoc cross party member scrutiny panel to consider the long term sustainability of the service and assess the different organisational governance models to support the final decision making process.

Resolved:  That Executive agree:

(i)      Option One, to appoint an independent body to undertake a full housing stock options appraisal, establish a project budget, agree the project governance structure as outlined in paragraph 31 of the report to recommend back to Executive a preferred option for the future management of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) housing stock, including building services and where appropriate recommendations for management and operational delivery of any other service that should be aligned to the housing and building service. 

(ii)          To note the financial implications set out in paragraph 49 of the report and to approve an allocation of £100,000 from the General Fund Contingency towards the stock options report.

Reason:  (i)   To ensure that the council, as part of the review of its corporate operating model, is able to make an evidenced based decision for the future management and ownership options for the HRA housing stock.

  (ii)    To ensure that the review can be funded from council resources.