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Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy

 

 

Meeting: 17/03/2026 - Cabinet (Item 7)

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Report of Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets, Councillor Peter Jeffries

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED THAT: 

 

1.    the Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy in Appendix 4 is approved;

 

2.    decisions relating to the award of Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payments, in line with the policy and DWP guidance, are delegated to the Head of Revenues and Benefits and designated officers within the Benefits team, with the final decision in the event of dispute being taken by the Section 151 Officer. 

 

3.    the Section 151 Officer is authorised to apply to Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for an accounting direction if it appears that the annual allocation will be exceeded in any financial year.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets introduced the report, setting out a policy which offers financial support to residents in need through discretionary housing payments.  This scheme has been in place for many years, but is now being replaced by a policy which is updated but will essentially work in the same way as the old one.  The government will provide funding and CBC will be responsible for its administration for the next two years, after which time it will be fully integrated and administered by the new unitary authority. 

The Leader welcomed the new policy, saying it is important to move with the times, which this is designed to do.

 

RESOLVED THAT: 

 

1.    the Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy in Appendix 4 is approved;

 

2.    decisions relating to the award of Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payments, in line with the policy and DWP guidance, are delegated to the Head of Revenues and Benefits and designated officers within the Benefits team, with the final decision in the event of dispute being taken by the Section 151 Officer. 

 

3.    the Section 151 Officer is authorised to apply to Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for an accounting direction if it appears that the annual allocation will be exceeded in any financial year.