Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and notice of appointment of substitutes.

To receive any questions from members of the public and replies thereto.

To record any interests on agenda matters.

To consider whether to approve the minutes as a correct record of the Special Meeting held on 28^th January 2025.

To receive any announcements that the Chairman may wish to make.

To receive performance information for the areas falling under the remit of this Policy Development Group for quarter 3 of 2024/2025.

To receive a report from the Head of Housing and Health presenting a quarterly update to Members of the Policy Development Group on activity undertaken by Mid Devon Housing (MDH), including some relating to tenancy enforcement.

To receive a verbal update on Tenant Satisfaction Measures.

To receive a report from the Head of Housing and Health reviewing and amending the MDH Tenancy Management Policy in light of the Cabinet decision to end the use of Flexible tenancies.

To receive a report from the Head of Housing and Health. The current Tenancy Agreement was launched in 2016 and was due for a review. However, as the Cabinet approved the Homes PDG recommendation that the use of Flexible Tenancies be halted further changes are required to the Tenancy Agreement to reflect this change and therefore there is a requirement to undertake a broad review of the agreement now.

To receive a report from the Head of Housing and Health. The Homes PDG established a Downsizing Incentives Working Group to investigate potential incentives that might encourage tenants to move from larger properties. The group was tasked with gathering tenants' perspectives on desirable incentives and providing recommendations for an incentive scheme. The reports sets out the recommendations of the Working Group.

To receive a report from the Head of Housing and Health updating the Tenant Involvement Strategy.

To receive a report from the Deputy Chief Executive (S151) and the Head of Housing and Health providing an update on the corrective measures completed and next steps in order to rectify an identified historic rent setting error.

To receive the Chair’s Annual Report on the work of the Homes Policy Development Group for 2024/2025.

Members are asked to note that the following items are already identified in the work programme for the next meeting:

·         Election of Chair for 2025/2026

·         Election of Vice Chair for 2025/2026

·         Start time of meetings for 2025/2026

·         Performance dashboard for Q4 2024/2025

·         Housing Strategy

·         MDH Service Delivery Report

Note: This item is limited to 10 minutes. There should be no discussion on the items raised.