37 HOMELESSNESS REVIEW AND STRATEGY 2004/07 PDF 59 KB
To seek the views of the Cabinet, by a report by the Head of Housing Services, on the draft Homelessness Strategy 2004/07
(Copies of the Strategy have been circulated previously)
Additional documents:
Decision:
Recommended to full Council that the Homelessness Review and Strategy 2004/07 be endorsed.
Minutes:
The Cabinet considered a report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) seeking approval for the adoption of the draft Homelessness Strategy.
In so doing, Members’ attention was drawn to a new statutory requirement under the Homelessness Act, 2002 for local authorities to carry out a review of homelessness within their areas and to formulate and publish a homelessness strategy based on the results of that review. Having been advised of the requirement to publish the strategy by the 31st July 2003, the Cabinet
RESOLVED
that full Council be recommended to endorse the Homelessness Review and Strategy for the period 2004/07.