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Information relating to financial and business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information)

RESOLVED

That the Cabinet:

a)             authorises the Head of Strategic Housing Services to enter into the necessary transactions and agreements to secure the LAHF funding allocation and to satisfy the requirements associated with this funding allocation.

b)             delegate the negotiation, approval and completion of all relevant documentation, including legal paperwork to the Head of Strategic Housing Services, Head of Governance, People and Performance, Head of Corporate Finance, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Housing.

(Generic Delegations 2 & 3 will be used to enact this recommendation)

That Full Council be recommended to approve:

the uplift to the Temporary Accommodation Acquisitions Budget as detailed in section 5.8 below, for the purposes of securing additional temporary accommodation aimed primarily at reducing the financial burden of using expensive nightly-paid accommodation and to enable the LAHF funding allocation to be utilised.

Reasons for the Recommendations

The Council currently has 542 households in temporary accommodation, with 313 of these presently in nightly paid accommodation, including 113 out of borough placements. This represents the highest level of need and demand for temporary accommodation across the County. 3.2. The Council is presented with an opportunity to receive grant funding from the Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) for the purposes of providing temporary and resettlement accommodation, which needs to be utilised by March 2026, with an element of match-funding required from the Council to satisfy the conditions of the LAHF funding allocation, and a budget is being requested to support this programme.