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Future Delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants and Adaptations

Meeting: 29/09/2022 - Cabinet (Item 54)

Future Delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants and Adaptations

(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Homelessness Prevention and Social Housing)

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Minutes:

Report of the Portfolio Holder for Homelessness Prevention and Social Housing to set out the proposals and recommendations for the delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants [DFG] and Disabled Facilities Adaptations [DFA] from 1st April 2023 when the current arrangements with Millbrook under the SILIS partnership arrangement comes to an end.

 

This report also provides an update on the proposals around delivery using a shared service arrangement with Lichfield District Council following approval by Cabinet to pursue such an arrangement on 17th February 2022

 

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet

 

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Agreed that the delivery of Disabled Facilities Grants and Disabled Facilities Adaptations is brought in-house and delivered internally by Tamworth Borough Council;

 

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Agreed to the use of the Framework being procured by Stafford Borough Council for the provision of Occupational Therapy services;

 

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Agreed that the Council makes use of a Dynamic Purchasing arrangement that is in place for the procurement of Disabled Facilities Grant works; and works to Council housing properties should continue to be delivered through the existing contractual arrangements with Equans and Wates;

 

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(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor J Oates)