Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor N Barker, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Strategic Leadership and Finance

RESOLVED – That

Cabinet agreed the proposed amendments to remove Flexible Tenancies from the Tenancy policy and adopt the draft policy.

This was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.

Cabinet considered a report which outlined a proposed amendment to the Tenancy Policy to remove flexible tenancies. The report highlighted that a key amendment in the Choice Based Lettings and Allocations Policy was to remove Flexible Tenancies as these types of tenancies were no longer offered by the Council, therefore, these also needed removing from the Tenancy Policy as a tenancy option. The draft Tenancy Policy was attached to the report at Appendix 1.

Cabinet discussed the report. It was agreed that the proposed amendment to the Tenancy Policy was acceptable.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet agreed the proposed amendments to remove Flexible Tenancies from the Tenancy policy and adopt the draft policy.

REASONS FOR DECISION

Removing Flexible Tenancies ensures any tenancy offered through Rykneld Homes on behalf of the Council will be a secure lifetime tenancy. Issuing lifetime tenancies gives more security and stability to those who are in most housing need requiring settled accommodation.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED

An alternative option was not to amend the policy, however this would not be in line with the proposed amendments to the Choice Based Lettings and Allocations Policy, therefore this was rejected.

This was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.