Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Housing Services seeking endorsement of the Council’s Homelessness Strategy prior to its submission to full Council.

Recommended to full Council that the content of the draft Homelessness Strategy be endorsed.

Further to Minute No. 10/56 and by way of a report by the Head of Housing Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet considered the content of the draft Homelessness Strategy.

In so doing, Members were reminded of the 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 noted the main aims and objectives of the strategy, the inclusion of the financial resources to meet the action plan and the responses received to a consultation exercise on the document

RESOLVED

  that full Council be recommended to endorse the Homelessness Strategy.