Housing Committee

Date of meeting 28 September 2022

 

Agenda Item 24(d)


 

 

Labour Group Amendment

 

That the relevant changes are made to the recommendations as shown below in strikethrough and bold italics:

 

 

Notice of Motion – Conservative Group

Housing Repairs Task Force

 

This Committee:

1)    Notes that since the housing repairs service was insourced in March 2020, a backlog of over 9,608 repairs has accumulated due to primarily the Covid crisis;

2)    Notes that tenant and leaseholder representatives were advised in August that the council is now looking to establish a housing repairs task force and will employ 11 separate contractors to try and address the backlog;

3)    Requests that a report be presented to this committee that:

a.    Clarifies the council’s current housing repairs policies regarding insourcing and the use of contractors; and

b.    Outlines how a proposed housing repairs task force will address the current backlog, including how much this will cost and how it will be funded;

c.    Provides statistics on the progress on addressing the backlog.

Proposed by: Cllr Williams                                                Seconded by: Cllr Fowler

Motion, as amended:

 

This Committee:

1)    Notes that since the housing repairs service was insourced in March 2020, a backlog of repairs has accumulated due to primarily the Covid crisis;

2)    Notes that tenant and leaseholder representatives were advised in August that the council is now looking to establish a housing repairs task force and will employ 11 separate contractors to try and address the backlog;

3)    Requests that a report be presented to this committee that:

a.    Clarifies the council’s current housing repairs policies regarding insourcing and the use of contractors; and

b.    Outlines how a proposed housing repairs task force will address the current backlog, including how much this will cost and how it will be funded;

c.    Provides statistics on the progress on addressing the backlog.