Purpose

The LAHF is a £500m capital grant fund
to support local authorities in England to provide sustainable
housing for those unable to secure their own accommodation funded
via the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
(DLUHC).

Content

The Chief Housing
Officer:
 
a) Gave approval to the
Council’s plan to provide 30 homes under the Local Authority
Housing Fund and to accept the Department for Levelling Up, Housing
and Communities (DLUHC) grant of £3,329,406 which
will part fund the acquisition costs.
b) Gave approval for 21
properties being purchased and allocated to Ukrainian refugee
households
c) Gave approval for
9 properties to be allocated to Afghan households currently in
bridging accommodation
d) Approved the injection and
approved Authority to Spend for a total of £7.521M into the
HRA Council House Growth capital programme for the two
schemes.