Decision Maker: Assistant Director Commissioning and Contracts.
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Strategic discussions to bolster strategic
capacity in housing and commissioning services across the whole
borough including the councils own stock (Housing Revenue Account
(HRA) in particular capacity to support work related to;
Older People's Accommodation
Accommodation for people with physical disabilities
Wider strategic work with the Homes for All programme Board.
We have struggled for capacity in these areas for the first year of
the programme and this will help to accelerate our plans.
Furthermore this will coincide in 2019 with the publication of our
Local Plan, housing needs assessment and further decisions with
regard to Housing across the borough including HRA stock.
To fund a Commissioning Manager that will
support housing priorities and report to the Adults, Health and
Well-being commissioning structure; directly to the Head of
Commissioning and Contracts.
Option 1 - Use identified budget from housing
resources to fund capacity in this area
Option 2 - Try to meet the capacity gap with existing
resources.
Publication date: 18/12/2018
Date of decision: 12/12/2018
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