Issue - decisions

RECOMMENDED: (i) That Option 1, to participate in a sub-regional partnership for strategic housing and to appoint the Executive Member for Housing as the Council’s representative on the partnership, be approved.

(ii) That the Executive Member for Housing, in consultation with the Director of Housing and Adult Social Services, be authorised to represent and take decisions relating to sub-regional housing issues on behalf of the City of York Council at partnership meetings

REASON:      To develop a governance framework through which sub-regional housing issues can be agreed and investment bids signed off, to ensure North Yorkshire is better placed when competing for funding on a regional basis, as well as raising the profile of York within the sub-region and that of the sub-region as a whole, and to improve the sharing of best practice.