Purpose

Issues covered in
the HRA Business Plan are to:
 

set out
the authority’s purpose or mission as a social housing
landlord;

set out
objectives and standards for the service;
plan how
to achieve the objectives and standards set out (the
strategies);
plan
resource and financial requirements;
provide a
framework for monitoring and evaluating the progress of the housing
‘business’;
communicate the authority’s plans to its tenants, Welsh
Government, other key stakeholders, partners and the wider
community.

 
The report is
proposing to;
 

encourage
more efficient use of housing assets;

increase
the transparency of the HRA;
assist
authorities in planning their housing management
strategy;
put
authorities’ housing accounts onto a more business-like
basis.

 

Content

Appendix 4 to this report is exempt from publication
because it contains information of the kind described in paragraphs
14 (information relating to the financial or business affairs of
any particular person) and 21 (public interest test) of parts 4 and
5 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and in all the
circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the
information.

 

Cllr Ash Lister declared a personal and prejudicial
interest in this item, as a relative lives in accommodation
mentioned in the report. Cllr Lister left the meeting and took no
part in the decision making process.

 
RESOLVED: that
the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan
2024-2025 for presentation to Welsh Government be
approved.