Issue - meetings
The Council's Approach To Emergency Accommodation
Meeting: 02/11/2017 - Cabinet (Item 63)
63 The Council's approach to Emergency Accommodation 
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(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing Services)
Additional documents:
- Appendix A Temporary Accommodation Policy, item 63
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- Appendix B Temporary Accommodation Arrears and Former Tenant Arrears Policy, item 63
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Minutes:
Report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing Services to update Cabinet on the Council’s strategic approach to the supply of temporary accommodation and the work already completed following a review of the authority’s emergency accommodation. To place this work in the broader context of the Homelessness Reduction Act (HR Act) and the Council’s Homelessness Prevention Strategy. Additionally, the report requests Cabinet approval to set up an Emergency Accommodation Register for the procurement of bed and breakfast accommodation, to approve amendments to the Councils Temporary Accommodation Policy ensuring that it complies with new legislative requirements and a new Former Tenant Arrears Policy for temporary accommodation.
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That Cabinet
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Approved the development of an Emergency Accommodation Register of emergency accommodation providers.
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Approved changes to the Temporary Accommodation Policy.
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Approved the Former Tenant Arrears Policy.
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(Moved by Councillor M Thurgood and seconded by Councillor S Doyle)
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