Decision details

This report provided details of the Council’s proposed response to the Government’s proposals for the reform of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) subsidy system. This would include the dismantling of the current system, to give each authority a one-off adjustment of debt and to allow rents and right to buy receipts to be retained locally. The Council’s proposed response was set out in appendix 2 to the report.

The Cabinet accepted this as an urgent item as Communities and Local Government (CLG) required a response by 6 July 2010.

The Mayor, in the absence of the Chairman of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee, agreed that the taking of these decisions could not be reasonably deferred, in accordance with Rule 16 (Special Urgency) of the Access to Information Rules (Part 2 of Chapter 4 in the Constitution).

The Vice-Chairman of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee, in the absence of the Chairman, agreed to waive call in on this report on the basis that this matter is reasonable in all the circumstances and to it being treated as a matter of urgency in accordance with Rule 16.11 of the Overview and Scrutiny Rules (Part 5 of Chapter 4 in the Constitution).

Reasons:

That the consultation response in appendix 2 to the report be submitted to CLG to ensure that Medway Council’s views are taken into account.