Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Housing Services outlining the implications of the Housing Register policy and seeking approval for proposed amendments to that policy.

[A copy of the Policy and proposed procedures has been appended separately to the Agenda].

Agreed to endorse and adopt the proposed amendments to the Council’s Housing Register and Nominations Policy.

With the assistance of a report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute book) the Cabinet was acquainted with the outcomes of a review of the Council’s Housing Register and Nominations Policy.

Having being advised of proposed amendments to the policy in relation to points awarded to applicants without access to a living room and to overcrowding assessments which had been considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery & Resources) on 1st March 2005, it was

RESOLVED

that the proposed amendments to the Housing Register and nominations policy as outlined in the report now submitted be endorsed.