In response to local housing association divestment from the Supported Housing Market, this paper asks for approvals for property acquisition decisions to be delegated to the relevant Strategic Director in consultation with their Cabinet Member and the Strategic Director for Finance.
Reasons for urgency:
Properties are being sold during February and March 2023 hence the need for urgent decision.
Delegated approval will enable Council decision making to be sufficiently responsive and agile to a complex and varying set of factors informing each acquisition decision.
Delegated approval will enable the Council to work with the GLA in a short timeframe to secure any possible grant funding available.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;
Decision status: No longer a Key Decision
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 16/02/2023
Reason for urgency:
Properties are being sold during February and March 2023 hence the need for urgent decision.
Delegated approval will enable Council decision making to be sufficiently responsive and agile to a complex and varying set of factors informing each acquisition decision.
Delegated approval will enable the Council to work with the GLA in a short timeframe to secure any possible grant funding available.
Explanation of anticipated restriction:
PART OPEN
PART PRIVATE
Part of this report is exempt from disclosure on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of 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
Report access: Open report with exempt appendix;
Report Type: Key Decision;
Decision due: February 2023 by Leader of the Council
Lead member: Leader of the Council
Lead director: Director Social Care
Department: Finance Department
Contact: Linda Jackson Email: Linda.Jackson@lbhf.gov.uk Tel: 07776 673085, Jonathan Skaife Email: Jonathan.Skaife@lbhf.gov.uk.
Reason No Public Access: PART OPEN PART PRIVATE Part of this report is exempt from disclosure on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of 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