Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Decision made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
This report will present the recommendation of
the stakeholder forum upon the ownership and management of the
housing stock.
134/2005 The Cabinet agreed to endorse the
recommendation from the Stakeholder Forum for stock retention and
this be the Council's preferred option for submission to the
Government Office for the South East.
135/2005 The Cabinet agreed to instruct officers to investigate the
option of inviting tenders for a joint housing management and
maintenance contract and report back to Cabinet with a draft
timetable.
136/2005 The Cabinet agreed to take no further action to refurbish
Queens Court, Fitzhorold House or Shalder House to Decent Homes
Standards, and that consultation take place on the future of these
three units, in particular that alternative options are
investigated for future use.
137/2005 The Cabinet noted the establishment of a task group to
evaluate the rest of the Council's sheltered housing stock and that
other providers of sheltered housing in Medway and other
stakeholders including the tenant group 'MeRGe' be invited to
participate in this work.
138/2005 The Cabinet agreed to instruct officers to retain the
Stakeholder Forum as the main consultative body should the Council
decide to outsource the management of the housing stock.
139/2005 The Cabinet agreed to instruct officers to ensure that the
Stakeholder Forum is given the opportunity to comment on the formal
submission documents prior to despatch to the Government Office for
the South East.
The Council is required to submit a housing
stock options appraisal to the Government Office for the South East
by 31 July 2005. These decisions will enable the option appraisal
exercise to be concluded and the necessary actions arising from the
appraisal to be implemented.
Publication date: 28/06/2005
Date of decision: 28/06/2005
Decided at meeting: 28/06/2005 - Cabinet
Effective from: 07/07/2005
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