Agenda, decisions and minutes

Decision Session - Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Housing. - Tuesday, 15 February 2011 4.00 pm

Venue: The Guildhall, York.

Contact: Laura Bootland Democracy Officer

Items

No.

Item

43.

Declarations of Interest

At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Minutes:

The Executive Member was invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests she might have in the business on the agenda. She declared she had none.

44.

Public Participation - Decision Session

At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak at the meeting can do so. The deadline for registering is 5pm on Monday 14^th February 2011.

Written representations in respect of items on the agenda should be with the Democracy Officer by 5pm on Friday 11^th February 2011.

Members of the public may speak on item on the agenda, an issue within the Executive Member’s remit, or an item that has been published on the Information Log for the current session. There are no information reports for this session.

Minutes:

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

45.

Review of the Yorhome Service. PDF 91 KB

This report provides the Executive Member a summary of the progress made in the development of the ‘YorHome’ social lettings agency and discusses the viability of continuing with the service.

Additional documents:

Annex , item 45. PDF 36 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED: That option 2 be approved; to restructure the service and extend the scheme until 31^st March 2012 with a review of progress in September 2011 which would include exploring the opportunities to create a holistic service for all irrespective of housing needs.

Reason: By maintaining the service the authority has an additional option in offering a comprehensive housing advice service. The service is vital in the authority’s attempt to reduce the level of homelessness.

Minutes:

The Executive Member considered a report that provided a summary of the progress made in the development of the ‘YorHome’ social lettings agency and discussed the viability of continuing with the service.

Officers gave an update and informed the Executive Member that the number of homes in the scheme had reached 50 and would be rising to 75 from 1^st April, after a private landlord had requested to join the scheme. Officers stated that due to the successful management and growth of the scheme officers would be setting new targets and making growth alterations to the financial forecast for 2011/12.

RESOLVED: That option 2 be approved, to restructure the service and extend the scheme until 31^st March 2012 with a review of progress in September 2011 which would include exploring the opportunities to create a holistic service for all irrespective of housing needs.