Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Housing and Safety

Resolved

That capital continues to be made available from the remaining PSR funding for the Housing Health and Safety loan / grant schemes contained in Appendix 5, sub appendix 1 and 2, of the Housing Strategy and that capital be available from remaining PSR funding to help finance compulsory purchase (CPO) action to bring long term vacant property back into use.

The Cabinet Member Housing and Safety introduced the report and explained that the remaining Private Sector Renewal Funding of £303 600, which had been allocated by central government for housing renewal purposes, needed to be allocated. It was proposed that funding continued to be allocated to the Housing Health and Safety loan and to help finance compulsory purchase action to bring long term vacant property back into use.

In response to a question the Cabinet Member explained that 144 long-term empty properties had now been brought back into use and the current number of empty properties stood at 382.

Resolved

That capital continues to be made available from the remaining PSR funding for the Housing Health and Safety loan / grant schemes contained in Appendix 5, sub appendix 1 and 2, of the Housing Strategy and that capital be available from remaining PSR funding to help finance compulsory purchase (CPO) action to bring long term vacant property back into use.