Issue - decisions

In accordance with Meeting Procedure Rule 7, Councillor Reema Patel addressed the Committee on the proposed Housing Allocations Scheme.

The Chairman introduced the report.

RESOLVED that the Committee approve the proposed revisions to the Council’s Housing Allocations Scheme following on from a period of public consultation, subject to a review of the proposal to remove the reasonable preference category in Band 1 relating to applicants who need to move because there is a risk of violence or threat to life.

RESOLVED that the Committee delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Growth & Environment to approve the amended Housing Allocations Scheme following consultation with the Housing Committee Chairman (Councillor Tom Davey) and the Labour Spokesperson for Housing (Councillor Ross Houston).  The Committee agreed that if the Chairman and the Labour Spokesperson for Housing were unable to agree amendments to the sections Housing Allocations Scheme relating to households at risk of violence, the decision on the Scheme would be referred back to the Housing Committee on 2 February 2015 for decision.