Issue - meetings

Background:

This report presented the Tenancy Strategy 2018, which replaced the existing strategy which had been drafted in 2012 and required updating following changes in legislation. 

The revised strategy, attached at Appendix 2 to the report, provided guidance that registered providers should have regard to when formulating policies relating to:

·           The kinds of tenancies they grant;

·           The circumstances in which they will grant a tenancy of a particular kind;

·           Where they grant tenancies for a certain term, the lengths of the terms;

·           The circumstances in which they will grant a further tenancy on the coming to an end of an existing tenancy.

The Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee had considered this report on 25 October 2018 and its comments and recommendations were detailed at section 5 of the report.

A Diversity Impact Assessment screening form had been completed and was attached at Appendix 3 to the report.

Reasons:

The new Tenancy Strategy is aligned with current legislation and   government policy and is more suitable for use than the current Strategy.