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Purpose of report is to present to the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee, the Housing and Landlord Services financial forecast at period 10 (P10) against the approved budget as at the end of May 2024.

The Committee RESOLVEED:

• To note the report on the P10 forecast for Housing and Landlord Services.

The purpose of this report is to brief the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee on performance against the BCC Business Plan as relevant to the remit of this Committee, for Q3 2024/25, and for Members to note areas of specific interest or concern to review progress with relevant Directors.   

Note: full details (for all Committees) are in 2024-25 Corporate Performance Dashboard (Q3 Public) 

The Committee RESOLVED:

• To note performance against the Business Plan relevant to this Committee, including the issues raised and measures to address performance issues to be implemented by relevant services.

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 combined backlog and Business as Usual (BAU) performance report (Appendix Aii) 

3. Note the update on the Consumer Standards Improvement Strategy 

4. Note and comment on the resident’s voice actions and feedback from the Housing Scrutiny Panel (HSP) 

5. Note and comment on the update from the latest regulatory review meeting with the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) 

The Committee RESOLVED:

• To note and comment on the Housing & Consumer Standards Programme improvement plan summary.
• To note and comment on the Housing & Consumer Standards Programme landlord compliance programme combined backlog and Business as Usual performance report.
• To note the update on the Consumer Standards Improvement Strategy.
• To note and comment on the resident’s voice actions and feedback from the HSP.
• To note and comment on the update from the latest regulatory review meeting with the Regulator of Social Housing.

The purpose of this report is to establish a member Task and Finish Group to review Resident Engagement across Housing & Landlords Services and the associated Terms of Reference. 

The Committee RESOLVED:

• To notes the report and further details supplied in the Appendix A and approves the recommended approach.

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the progress of the Tackling Homelessness Transformation Programme.

The Committee RESOLVED:

• To note the report states that the Tackling Homelessness Programme’s financial objectives include £4,293,000 of recurring subsidy loss reduction in 24/25, which will be delivered, and a further £8,205,606 of recurring savings in 25/26. The programme is working on additional initiatives that will result in further subsidy loss reduction, amount to be confirmed.
• To note 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).
• To note that as per re-baselining at CLB on 12 November 2024, no revenue funding has yet been approved for 2025/26, but the programme will request to spend £1,925,947 plus contingency for 25/26 in a separate paper presenting the programme’s full business case.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval to spend the transformation funding for the delivery of the Tackling Homelessness Programme in 2025/26, pending approval of the wider transformation fund at Strategy and Resources Committee in May 2025. 

Committee (unanimously) RESOLVED:

• To note that capital receipts to the value of £45.5 million are required for 2025/26 to meet both the capital programme and transformation (£20.7m new spend) financing requirements. Formal allocation of the transformation fund will be requested at Strategy & Resources Committee 25^th May 2025. Each programme / project seeking permission to spend will be required to pursue business case approval in line with the council’s decision-making pathway. Any requests to draw down prior to this agreement will be in principle subject to this paper being approved. Spend up until the 25-26 Transformation Spend Report approval will be within current approvals and rollover of 24/25 transformation funding.

To approve in principle drawing down £1,925,947, plus £385,189 contingency funding to be held centrally by Corporate Leadership Board, from the transformation fund to deliver the Tackling Homelessness Full Business Case, to deliver recurring annual savings of £8,205,606 in 2025/26.

• To authorise the Executive Director for Growth and Regeneration, in collaboration with Committee Chair for Homes and Housing Delivery Committee, to carry out all decisions and actions necessary to deliver the full business case appended, within the total budget envelope of the programme, including contingency (with approval from CLB), as stated in the Full Business Case.
• To note that there will be a further decision sought from the Strategy and Resources Committee on behalf of the New Uses of RPs project, which will request the funding to set up a council-owned RP once the full business case and outline business plan has been developed.

The purpose of this report is to: 

1. Inform the committee of the breadth and scale of action being taken by Bristol City Council and the Bristol City Leap partnership to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon emissions of homes in Bristol. 

2. Inform the committee of the actions which the City Council wishes to undertake but does not yet have resources to undertake. 

3. Seek approval of the Bristol City Council action plan - Bristol’s Warm Homes Plan:  A Bristol City Council and Bristol City Leap Joint Action Plan for Decarbonising Homes. 

The Committee (unanimously) RESOLVED:

• To note the breadth and scale of action being taken by Bristol City Council and Bristol City Leap to improve the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of homes in Bristol.
• To note the actions in the plan which the City Council wishes to undertake but does not yet have resources to undertake.
• To approve the Bristol City Council action plan for decarbonising Bristol’s homes.
• To authorise the Executive Director of Growth and Regeneration, in consultation with the Chair of the Homes and Housing Delivery Committee and S151 Officer, to seek those resources from appropriate external sources, make funding bids as appropriate, accept and spend such funding and to implement projects in line with the Action Plan, including any funding and projects which may be over the key decision threshold.

The purpose of this report is to present the outcomes of the Central Additional Licensing Scheme covering the period 8 July 2019 to 18 December 2024. 

The Committee RESOLVED:

• To note the Outcomes of the Central Additional Licensing Scheme as laid out in the report.