Issue - meetings

Matter for Decision

In July 2011 Cambridge City Council was successful in securing grant funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to build and manage Affordable Housing through a national bidding scheme.  The Council was awarded £2,587,500 grant to deliver 146 dwellings before the end of March 2015.  This equates to £17,500 per dwelling.  The Council are now required to enter into the Framework Delivery Agreement (FDA) with the HCA to receive this grant funding on a dwelling-by-dwelling basis.  Within the FDA are obligations the Council must adhere to.

Decision of Executive Councillor for Housing

The Executive Councillor resolved to:

       I.      Delegate authority to the Director of Customer and Community Services to execute the HCA’s Framework Delivery Agreement, committing the Council to the obligations under that agreement.

    II.      Give approval for the Head of Strategic Housing to act as the Grant Recipient’s Representative within the meaning of the HCA’s Framework Delivery Agreement.

Reason for the Decision:

As detailed in the officer’s report.

Any alternative options considered and rejected:

Not applicable.

Scrutiny Considerations:

The committee received a report from the Development Officer regarding the HCA’s Framework Delivery Agreement.

The Scrutiny Committee considered and endorsed the recommendations in the report by 9 votes to 0 (unanimously) .

The Executive Councillor for Housing approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)

N/A