Purpose

The
Council’s homelessness services continue to experience
significant pressures, resulting in elevated use of and longer
stays in nightly paid temporary accommodation. This continues to
put the Council’s financial position at risk and is a
corporate priority to address. Section 5.1.2 of the Housing
Allocations Scheme is the temporary sub-quota that can be enacted
for up to six-months at a time. A number of options for amending and enacting
the temporary sub-quota were evaluated (including the risks and
impacts) prior to this decision.

Content

The
Head of Strategic Housing, following consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Housing in accordance with delegation 7.e of the Head of
Strategic Housing’s Sub-Delegation Scheme approved Option B,
to amend and enact the temporary sub quota from 01/01/2025 for a
period of up to six months.

The Briefing Paper, on which the decision was taken, was
published in Councillors’ Information Bulletin IB/1263 on 10
December 2024.