There is £32m allocated within the capital programme
agreed by Council on 22 February 2023 for a further
(6th) phase of investment in purchase and repair
properties for use as Temporary Accommodation to help alleviate
homelessness. This paper sets out the number and type of
accommodation to be acquired.
The
£32m budget for Temporary Accommodation is profiled over
three years in the programme, agreed by Council last week -
£12 million in 2023/24, £12 million in 2024/25 and
£8 million in 2025/26.
There is also an underspend within the capital programme for
Temporary Accommodation of £3.8m, which equals a budget for
2023/24 of £15.8m.
The report also details the
Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) that makes £2.5m of grant
funding available to the Council by the Department for Levelling
Up, Housing, and Communities that can be used to supplement this
overall program.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 10/02/2023
