Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Heads of Housing, Technical Services and of Environmental and Community Health on the award of a grant from the East of England Regional Assembly’s (EERA) Housing and Sustainable Community Fund for improving non-decent homes in the private sector.

Agreed to reserve the grant of £167,000 from the Regional Housing Board for future years’ spend on the provision of insulation improvements to private sector homes occupied by vulnerable people.

Further to Minute No. 06/28 and by way of a report by the Heads of Housing Services, of Technical Services and of Environmental and Community Health Services, (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet were advised that the Council had been awarded a capital grant of £167,000 from EERA’s Housing and Sustainable Communities Panel to help improve “non-decent” homes in the private sector.

In discussing how the grant should be used, Members were reminded that a previous award had been reserved for thermal efficiency improvements.  Despite targeted publicity the take-up of this grant had been lower than anticipated.  Having been advised that failure to spend the grant on the intended use might prejudice further allocations, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the grant of £167,000 be reserved for future years’ spend on the provision of insulation improvements to private sector homes occupied by vulnerable people.