Decision details

Proposed Purchase of Twelve Homes for Ukrainian and Afghan Families

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Housing and Homelessness Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report seeks approval from the Housing and Homelessness Services Portfolio Holder to purchase up to twelve additional affordable homes to meet the needs of twelve Ukrainian and Afghan families. Subsidised with central Government funding the homes will be retained to address local needs as and when families are repatriated.

Decision:

On 7 March 2023, Cllr Edward Heron, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness Services made the following decision:

That the Council enters an agreement with central Government to purchase up to 12 homes under the Local Authority Housing Fund for Ukrainian and Afghan households.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet/ extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on Tuesday, 14 March 2023.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

Reasons for the decision:

See Report

Alternative options considered:

See Report

Declarations of Interest(s): None

Contact: Tim Davis, Service Manager - Housing Strategy & Development Email: tim.davis@nfdc.gov.uk, Grainne O'Rourke, Strategic Director of Housing, Communities and Governance Email: grainne.orourke@nfdc.gov.uk.

Publication date: 07/03/2023

Effective from: 15/03/2023

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