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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Housing and Homelessness
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Update on delivery of the 500 Council Housing Programme.
Matter for
Decision
The report provides an update on the
programme to deliver 500 Council homes with funding from the Combined
Authority.
Decision
of Executive Councillor for Housing
i.
Noted the continued
progress on the delivery of the Combined Authority programme.
ii.
Noted the funding
structure for the Combined Authority programme.
iii.
Noted the risks and impact of the Covid-19
pandemic on the programme.
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the
Officer’s report.
Any Alternative
Options Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee
received a report from the Head
of Housing Development.
In response to the report the Committee commented that it was
disappointing that the Kingswat project was delayed
by UK Power Network (UKPN). The Strategic Director (FB) explained that these
delays were unavoidable as UKPN were dealing with Covid
19 emergency works. Council staff were currently working on new ways to engage
with them to ease the progress of future projects. The Head of Maintenance and
Assets explained as this was a refurbishment the issues with the cabling were
not known before works started.
In response to a question about the risk ratings in the report the Head
of Housing Development explained that these related to the specifics on the
projects not the overall programme which even with potential for delays was low
risk in terms of achieving the March 2022 SOS target for the funding.
The Head of Housing
Development said the following in response to Members’ questions:
i.
Confirmed that the first Housing Pods to ease rough
sleeping are to be installed across three sites around Cambridge. Four more
Pods were available and would be installed as soon as suitable sites had been
identified.
ii.
Suggested that staff would be monitoring how the
Pods worked for individual users.
The Committee resolved by 5 votes to 0 and 3 abstentions to endorse the
recommendations.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendations.
Conflicts of Interest
Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any Dispensations Granted)
No conflicts of interest
were declared by the Executive Councillor.
Publication date: 20/08/2020
Date of decision: 23/06/2020