Decision

Cabinet

 

(1)           
NOTED the findings of the review of the
Intensive Housing Management

Service
(IHMS).

 

(2)           
AUTHORISED the removal of the IHMS charge
for tenants in dispersed

accommodation who have confirmed during the initial consultation phase
that they wish to leave the service.

 

(3)           
AUTHORISED the removal of the IHMS charge
for tenants in dispersed accommodation for any tenants who wish to opt out of
the service.

 

(4)           
DELEGATED to the Director for Housing and
Communities in consultation with the Director for Corporate Services, authority
to make arrangements to remove the IHMS charge and to determine the date from
which the charge is removed.

 

(5)           
AUTHORISED

(a)          
A consultation exercise with the Council’s
Sheltered Housing tenants  

which provides tenants with options for assistive technology and future
support arrangements and indicative costs, ensuring that any future model
operates on a full cost recovery basis and;

(b)          
To use the outcome of this consultation exercise
to inform recommendations for future support arrangements for sheltered housing
tenants, the outcome of which will be considered by Cabinet no later than
January 2024.

 

(6)           
AUTHORISED

(a)          
A consultation exercise with IHMS tenants within
the Council’s dispersed housing stock who have expressed a wish to access
support or lifeline services, which provides tenants with options for assistive
technology and future support arrangements and indicative costs, ensuring that
any future model operates on a full cost recovery basis and;

(b)          
To use the outcome of this consultation exercise
to inform recommendations for future support arrangements for the Council’s
dispersed housing tenants, the outcome of which will be considered by Cabinet
no later than January 2024.

 

(7)           
DELEGATED authority to the Director for
Housing and Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing
and Landlord Services, to de-designate dispersed accommodation units where the
IHMS charge is no longer being applied.

 

(8)           
DELEGATED authority to the Director for
Housing and Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing
and Landlord Services, authority to develop a local lettings plan to provide
clarity on future letting arrangements for de-designated properties across the
borough, ensuring alignment with the Council’s Housing Allocations Policy.