Arising from a report of the Head of Housing and Property Services; the Decent and Affordable Homes Policy Development Group had recommended that the new Void Management Policy be approved by Council subject to Appendix B showing a 50% reduction in the costs relating to the paint packs and decoration grant.
The Cabinet Member for Housing outlined the contents of the report stating the policy had been produced to ensure that the local authority had effective procedures in place to manage its empty stock quickly and efficiently and focussed on the requirement to reduce the length of time a property was empty. The Housing Tenants Together Group had been consulted and its recommendations had been included in the policy
RECOMMENDED that the new Void Management Policy be approved subject to Appendix B showing a 50% reduction in the costs relating to the paint packs and decoration grant.
(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr Mrs M E Squires)
Note: *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.