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Review of Council Housing Tenancy Agreement - Consultation Responses

 

 

Meeting: 04/09/2018 - Cabinet (Item 37)

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(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Warriner)

 

Report of Chief Officer (Health & Housing)

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Warriner)

 

Cabinet received a report from the Chief Officer (Health & Housing) to inform Cabinet of the results of the consultation with tenants on the proposed changed to the Council Housing Tenancy Agreement and to ask Cabinet to approve the new agreement.

 

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment and officer preferred option, were set out in the report as follows:

 

           

Option 1: Do nothing – continue with the existing Tenancy Agreement

Option 2: Cabinet approves the amended Tenancy Agreement

Advantages

Simplicity of continuation. Marginal cost savings

The tenancy agreement is updated to ensure that it meets current standards and requirements, and is fit for purpose; taking into account the comments received.

 

The tenancy agreement remains an effective management tool.

Disadvantages

The existing tenancy agreement does not reflect current standards and requirements.

Marginal costs of implementation.

Risks

The tenancy agreement will not be wholly fit for purpose as an effective management tool.

The Government’s former advice on unfair terms in tenancy agreements has been referred to throughout this process. This approach will help minimise risk relating to the robustness of the content of the new agreement.

 

The Officer preferred option is Option 2 for the reasons set out above.

 

The comments made and clarifications sought by tenants have been taken into account in the final draft of the Tenancy Agreement, and have been incorporated into the draft of the Agreement as set out in Appendix 1 to the report. Cabinet is required to consider the comments received from tenants during consultation and then make any subsequent amendments, as appropriate to the draft Agreement.

 

Councillor Warriner proposed, seconded by Councillor Hughes:-

 

“That the recommendations, as set out in the report, be approved.”

 

Councillors then voted:-

 

Resolved unanimously:

 

(1)       That the comments received from tenants during consultation and subsequent amendments to any of the proposed variations to the Tenancy Agreement in response to the consultation be noted.

 

(2)     That the amended Tenancy Agreement be approved.

 

(3)     That the Chief Officer (Health and Housing) be authorised to issue to all tenants a Notice of Variation with the new Tenancy Agreement.

 

Officer responsible for effecting the decision:

 

Chief Officer (Health & Housing)

 

Reasons for making the decision:

 

The decision supports the Council’s objectives including delivering value for money, customer focused services, supporting sustainable communities and to continue to improve the Council and the proposal is contained within the Services’ agreed service business plan for 2017/18.