Decision details

Replacement of the Estate Improvement Grant with the Housing Environmental Improvement Programme

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Decision Maker: Executive Leader (incorporating Housing & Safer Neighbourhoods))

Decision status: Decision Made

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Purpose of Report: To present to the Executive Member proposed changes to the estate improvement grant aligning the funding with ward committee fund and allowing the money to be used on the priorities for the area.

The Executive Member is asked to agree the changes.

Decision:

Resolved: That the Housing Environmental Improvement Programme (Annex A of the report) and spending criteria (Annex B of the report) from April 2017 be agreed.

Reason: This scheme takes a more strategic approach to environmental improvements, it is less bureaucratic, can combine with other funding schemes to provide better schemes that reflect the needs across the whole council stock.

Report author: Tom Brittain

Publication date: 24/01/2017

Date of decision: 23/01/2017

Decided at meeting: 23/01/2017 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Finance and Major Projects

Effective from: 26/01/2017

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