BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL

 

Housing Committee

 

4.00pm 16 March 2022

 

Council Chamber

 

 

decision list

 

 

Part One

 

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Private Sector Housing update

 

 

Contact Officer:

Sylvia Peckham

Tel: 01273 293318

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

2.1      Housing Committee to note the updates on progress against key elements of the Housing Committee Work Plan objectives to improve the quality and management of homes in the private rented sector as set out in this report.

 

2.2      Housing Committee to note the review (Appendix 1) of the current national position with regard to selective licensing designations to better understand the current context within which any approvals are being given.

 

2.3      Housing Committee to delegate authority to the Executive Director for Housing Neighbourhoods and Communities to proceed with commissioning any further consultancy work needed prior to any recommendation to Committee on undertaking any formal consultation on a selective licensing scheme.

 

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Housing Committee Workplan Progress Update and Housing Performance Report Quarter 3 2021/22

 

 

Contact Officer:

Ododo Dafe

Tel: 01273 293201

 

Ward Affected:

All Wards

 

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

2.1       That Housing Committee notes the report.

 

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Homelessness and Rough Sleeping - Update

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

Housing Committee:

 

2.1      Note the update on Rough Sleeper & Single Homeless Services.

 

2.2      Note the update on the Homelessness Transformation Programme.

 

2.3      Note the contents of the Homes England Compliance Audit Report on the Next Steps Accommodation Programme

 

2.4      Note the update requested following the Notice of Motion agreed at January Housing Committee on the action proposed to ensure homeless people and rough sleepers placed in emergency accommodation by Brighton & Hove City Council have proper support to ensure their safety and wellbeing.

 

2.5      Agree the Emergency Accommodation Charter as an aspirational document and a standard against which the Council and its partners judge our policies and practices and outcomes.

 

2.6      Note that the measurable and feasible aspects of the Charter have been embedded in our revised Emergency Accommodation specification.

 

2.7      Agree that the charter be subject to review periodically and upon renewal of the associated contracts. Where the Charter is not embedded in the contract, this will also be kept under review with JustLife and Fulfilling lives.

 

That Housing Committee recommends to Full Council:

 

2.8      To adopt the Emergency Accommodation Charter as outlined in paragraph 3.12 and included in Appendix 4, as an aspirational document and a standard against which the Council and its partners judge our policies, practices and outcomes.