Decision details

Cabinet

(1)            NOTED the findings of the review of the Intensive Housing Management

Service (IHMS).

(2)            AUTHORISED the removal of the IHMS charge for tenants in dispersed

accommodation who have confirmed during the initial consultation phase that they wish to leave the service.

(3)            AUTHORISED the removal of the IHMS charge for tenants in dispersed accommodation for any tenants who wish to opt out of the service.

(4)            DELEGATED to the Director for Housing and Communities in consultation with the Director for Corporate Services, authority to make arrangements to remove the IHMS charge and to determine the date from which the charge is removed.

(5)            AUTHORISED

(a)           A consultation exercise with the Council’s Sheltered Housing tenants  

which provides tenants with options for assistive technology and future support arrangements and indicative costs, ensuring that any future model operates on a full cost recovery basis and;

(b)           To use the outcome of this consultation exercise to inform recommendations for future support arrangements for sheltered housing tenants, the outcome of which will be considered by Cabinet no later than January 2024.

(6)            AUTHORISED

(a)           A consultation exercise with IHMS tenants within the Council’s dispersed housing stock who have expressed a wish to access support or lifeline services, which provides tenants with options for assistive technology and future support arrangements and indicative costs, ensuring that any future model operates on a full cost recovery basis and;

(b)           To use the outcome of this consultation exercise to inform recommendations for future support arrangements for the Council’s dispersed housing tenants, the outcome of which will be considered by Cabinet no later than January 2024.

(7)            DELEGATED authority to the Director for Housing and Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Landlord Services, to de-designate dispersed accommodation units where the IHMS charge is no longer being applied.

(8)            DELEGATED authority to the Director for Housing and Communities in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Landlord Services, authority to develop a local lettings plan to provide clarity on future letting arrangements for de-designated properties across the borough, ensuring alignment with the Council’s Housing Allocations Policy.