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Apologies for Absence and Substitutions |
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Declarations of Interest To note any declarations of interest from councillors. They are asked to indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.
Any declaration of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting This item is to follow. |
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Chair's Business To receive any announcements from the Chair. |
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Questions 1. Written public questions must be received by 5.00 pm, at least 3 clear working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that questions must be received at the latest by 5.00 pm on 9th December. Please email questions to policycommittees@bristol.gov.uk 2. Any individual can submit up to 3 written questions. 3. Written replies to questions will be available on the Council’s website at least one hour before the meeting. 4. At the meeting, questioners will be permitted to ask up to 2 oral supplementary questions.
Statements 1. Written statements must be received at latest by 12.00 noon, at least 2 working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that statements must be received at the latest by 12.00 noon on 11th December. Please email statements to policycommittees@bristol.gov.uk 2. Statements, provided they are no more than 1,000 words in length, will be circulated to all committee members and will be published on the Council’s website at least one hour before the meeting.
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5-Year Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy The purpose of this report is to: 1. Seek Committee approval on the council’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 in compliance with the Council’s legal requirement to produce an updated homelessness strategy at least every five years (Homelessness Act 2002) 2. Seek Committee approval on the accompanying Action Plan for 2025 which will be revised and updated annually to support the delivery of the four strategic priorities of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030. Additional documents:
Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED (unanimously) to: · Approve the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 and accompanying Action Plan (2025). |
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Tackling Homelessness Transformation Programme The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the progress of the Tackling Homelessness Transformation Programme. Additional documents: Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED to: 1. Note that the report states that the Tackling Homelessness Programme’s financial objectives include £3,593,000 of recurring subsidy loss reduction in 24/25 and a further £4,634,000 of recurring subsidy loss reduction in 25/26. The programme is working on additional initiatives that will result in even further subsidy loss reduction, amount to be confirmed. 2. Note that the report states that as per rebaselining at CLB on 12 November 2024, the Tackling Homelessness Programme budget is £2,748,165 for 24/25 (plus contingency held centrally by CLB). 3. Note that as per baselining at CLB on 28 May 2024, no funding has yet been approved for 2025/26, but is expected to be around £1,633,348 for 25/26 (excluding the New Uses of RPs project). |
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Framework Contract for Temporary Accommodation The purpose of this report is to seek approval to enter a contract with Click Travel until March 2026 with a contract value of £1.8m. Additional documents:
Decision: That the Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED (unanimously) to: 1. Authorise the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration in consultation with Chair of the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee to take all steps required to increase the contract value with Click Travel by an additional £1.8m until March 2026 to secure hotel accommodation for clients who are homeless, in-line with the procurement routes and maximum budget envelopes outlined in the report. 2. Authorise the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration to invoke any subsequent extensions/variations specifically defined in the contract(s) being awarded, up to the maximum budget envelope outlined in the report. |
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Using general needs council housing as temporary accommodation The purpose of this report is to seek approval of the preferred option in relation to the transfer of properties that become available for letting from our stock of ‘general needs’ housing for use as temporary accommodation for a period of two years, with a review after 1 year, and what the annual limit should be on the number of properties transferred. This will provide homes for people in a housing emergency to live in while the council assesses their housing needs, and they wait for a more permanent home.
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Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED (6 for, 1 against) to: 1. Approve the use of properties that become available for letting from the stock of ‘general needs’ housing for use as temporary accommodation for a period of two years, with a review after 1 year. 2. Confirm that the preferred option for the annual limit of the number of properties to be transferred would be 180 (Option 3 in the published report). 3. Authorise the Executive Director – Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Chair of the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee and the Director of Finance (S151 Officer) to take all steps required to implement the decision of the Committee under recommendations 1 and 2 to transfer properties, that become available for letting in the stock of ‘general needs’ housing, to be used for temporary accommodation, for a period of 2 years with a review after one year in accordance with the terms stipulated by the committee and as outlined in the report. |
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The purpose of this report is to: 1. Seek approval for funding to continue waking watch provision. 2. Seek approval to procure and award a new contract for waking watch provision at buildings with elevated risk whilst mitigating actions are undertaken. 3. Seek approval to delegate authority to the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Chair of the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee to award the contract to the winning bidder following a compliant procurement process. Additional documents:
Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED (unanimously) to: 1. Approve the expenditure as set out in this report to continue providing waking watch services to the required high-risk blocks until the remediation works have been completed, via existing programmes of work in line with the proposals set out above in the report. 2. Authorise the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration in consultation with the Chair of the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee to take all steps required to extend existing contracts and procure and award a new Waking Watch contract, in-line with the procurement routes and maximum budget envelopes outlined in this report. |
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Housing & Consumer Standards Programme and Compliance Update The purpose of this report is to: 1. Note and comment on the Housing & Consumer Standards Programme (H&CSP) improvement plan summary (Appendix Ai). 2. Note and comment on the H&CSP landlord compliance programme backlog performance report (Appendix Aii). 3. Note and comment on the business-as-usual landlord compliance performance report (Appendix Aiii). 4. Note and comment on the ‘root cause’ reviews update. 5. Note and comment on the draft Consumer Standards Improvement Strategy (Appendix Aiv). 6. Note and comment on the feedback from the recent Housing Scrutiny Panel and Winter Housing Forums. 7. Note and comment on the update from the latest regulatory review meeting with the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). Additional documents:
Decision: The Committee for Homes & Housing Delivery RESOLVED to: 1. Note the Housing & Consumer Standards Programme (H&CSP) improvement plan summary. 2. Note the H&CSP landlord compliance programme backlog performance report. 3. Note the business-as-usual landlord compliance performance report 4. Note the ‘root cause’ reviews update. 5. Note the draft Improvement Strategy. 6. Note the feedback from the recent Housing Scrutiny Panel and winter Housing Forums. 7. Note on the update from the latest regulatory review meeting with the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). |
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Finance report update The purpose of this report is to present to the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee, the Housing and Landlord Services financial forecast at period 6 (P6) against the approved budget as at the end of May 2024. Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED to: · Note the report on the P6 forecast for Housing and Landlord Services. |
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Q2 Corporate Risk report The purpose of this report is to provide an update on current significant strategic risks relevant to the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee. The risks relate to achieving objectives set in the Council’s Corporate Strategy 2022-2027 and the report summarises progress in managing the risks and actions being taken as at Quarter 2 2024-25 (the reporting period is 11 June - 3 September 2024). Additional documents:
Decision: The Committee for Homes and Housing Delivery RESOLVED to: · Note the Q2 2024/25 Corporate Risk Report.
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