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Salford City Council - Record of
Decision
 
 
I,
Councillor Jack Youd, Lead Member for Finance, Support
Services & Industrial Relations, in exercise of the powers
contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby approve:
 
The debt write-off of former
tenants’ arrears to the value of
£98,375.55
 
The
Reasons are:
The arrears, after exhaustive
attempts to collect, are found to be irrecoverable for a variety of
reasons, as detailed in the report.
 
Options considered and rejected were:
No other options are available due to the nature (age
and value) of these accounts.
 
Assessment of Risk:Low
 
The
source of funding is:
There is a debt provision within the Housing Revenue
Account in 23/24 to write off the proposed amount of £98k in
full.
 
Legal Advice obtained: The
recommendation is to write off the debts referred to in the report
and appendix and is made on a commercial basis. Should future
recovery be possible, the Council could re-consider recovery
action, depending on the particular
circumstances of individual cases, and especially where
former tenants reapply for housing provision with Together Housing
Association in which case the debt must be repaid in full prior to
approval of such applications.
 
Financial Advice obtained: This report
makes a recommendation to Lead Member to write off a value of
£98,375.55 in relation to 60 cases. Of those 60 cases, 39 are
deemed collectable with a value of £80k, whereby former
tenants may reapply with Together Housing Association and the debt
must be repaid in full prior to approval for future housing. Future
reporting on the success of rents collected that were written off
but deemed collectable is advisable. This is supported by Pendleton
Togethers robust internal debt recovery process.
 
Procurement
Advice obtained: N/A
 
HR Advice obtained: N/A
 
Climate Change Advice obtained: N/A
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
All
information is contained within the report and supporting
appendices.

Contact Officer:        Jane Barlow –
Service Manager Contracts                          
Jane.Barlow@salford.gov.uk
 
This decision is not subject to
consideration by another Lead Member.
 
The appropriate scrutiny panel to
call-in the decision is the Overview & Scrutiny
Board                
 
 

Signed: Councillor Jack Youd                       
Dated: 12th March 2024
Lead
Member for Finance, Support Services & Industrial
Relations
 

 
This decision was published on 13th March 2024.
 
This decision will come into force at
4.00 p.m. on 20th March 2024, unless it is called-in in accordance with the
decision-making process rules.