Decision details

To agree the contract and specification for the Housing Options service to be transferred to CBH by 1 December 2013 under a contract for services to expire on 31 March 2020.

Housing Options delivers the Council’s statutory duties towards households

who are homeless or in housing need, as required under the Housing Act

1996. The service performs well and the staff work with and provide support

to some of the most vulnerable people within the community of Cheltenham.

The council has undertaken a review of the Housing Options service to make sure that it was fit for purpose and also to consider how the service

should be commissioned in the future. A report was presented to Cabinet in

December 2012 setting out two potential commissioning options available;

in-house provision or, alternatively, to transfer the service to a registered

provider, in this case the Council’s Arms Length Management Organisation

(ALMO), Cheltenham Borough Homes (CBH).

A further report was brought back to council on 18 June 2013 when it was agreed that the service would be transferred to CBH under a contract for services to expire on 31 March 2020.  Cabinet on 18 June agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Commissioning in

consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Safety to

finalise the specification and contract for services. The specification and contract for this work has now been completed. 

Cabinet Member Housing and Safety; Cheltenham Borough Homes have been involved in agreeing the specification and contract.

The Cabinet member Housing and Safety is happy with the documents