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The Committee
resolved:-

(i)            
to instruct the Chief Officer – Finance to refer the Rent
Assistance Fund to the 2026/27 HRA budget process, with a
recommendation to adopt as a permanent, business-as-usual provision
following the success of the pilot.

(ii)           
to approve the updated criteria and management procedure of the
Rent Assistance Fund for 2025/2026 detailed in Appendix 1.

(iii)         
to authorise the Chief Officer – Housing to make such changes
to the criteria and management procedure of the Rent Assistance
Fund as they consider appropriate from time to time and to inform
members of any such changes through Service Updates; and

(iv)         
to instruct the Chief Officer – Housing to formally evaluate
and report the impact of the Rent Assistance Fund every two years
to the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee.