Issue details
To enter into a Nominations Agreement with the charity DHI (Developing Health and Independence), so that the council can nominate households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness into properties that are managed by DHI in the private rented sec
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 18/03/2026
Decision due: 18 Mar 2026 by Director of Governance, Housing and Communities and Monitoring Officer - Claire Hughes
Contact: Martin Stacy, Head of Strategic Housing Email: [email protected].
Consultation process
This initiative is supported by Flo Clucas,
Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services.
Finance Comments: Cheltenham Borough Council will be required to pay a placement fee of £2,917 per property; for 25 properties this will amount to a total of £72,917. All figures are net of VAT, VAT being recoverable and as such not a true cost to the Council. Additionally, Council may pay DHI rent deposit equivalent to 1 month’s rent, which at the end of tenure will be paid to the tenant. Any such payment will come from CBC’s Homelessness Prevention Grant allocation. CBC have been awarded £956k Homelessness Prevention Grant for financial year 26/27, which sits in HOM001 R9016 and will fund this expenditure
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