Issue - meetings


Nominations Agreement between Cherwell District Council and Registered Providers

Meeting: 01/03/2021 - Executive (Item 107)

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Report of Assistant Director Housing and Social Care Commissioning

 

Purpose of report

 

To set out the purpose and content of a new Nominations Agreement that determines how Cherwell District Council (‘CDC’) works with registered providers (‘RP’) to nominate households from the housing register to social housing for rent.

 

Recommendations

            

The meeting is recommended to:

 

1.1       Approve the revised Nominations Agreement 2021 which will then replace the 2017 Nominations Agreement.

 

1.2       Delegate authority to the Assistant Director Housing and Social Care Commissioning, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing, to agree and enter in to any future amendments to the Nominations Agreement that are deemed to be necessary and do not constitute a major policy change.

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved

 

(1)           That the revised Nominations Agreement 2021 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved and it be noted that it will  replace the 2017 Nominations Agreement.

 

(2)           That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director Housing and Social Care Commissioning, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing, to agree and enter in to any future amendments to the Nominations Agreement that are deemed to be necessary and do not constitute a major policy change.

Minutes:

The Assistant Director Housing and Social Care Commissioning submitted a report to set out the purpose and content of a new Nominations Agreement that determines how Cherwell District Council (‘CDC’) works with registered providers (‘RP’) to nominate households from the housing register to social housing for rent.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the revised Nominations Agreement 2021 (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved and it be noted that it will  replace the 2017 Nominations Agreement.

 

(2)          That authority be delegated to the Assistant Director Housing and Social Care Commissioning, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing, to agree and enter in to any future amendments to the Nominations Agreement that are deemed to be necessary and do not constitute a major policy change.

 

Reasons

 

The Nominations Agreement is an important document which sets out the terms and procedures that both CDC and the Registered Providers owning or managing rented accommodation in the district will work to when making or receiving nominations of eligible households to take up occupancy of a vacant home.

 

The revised Nominations Agreement brings the document up to date and enables charging to be introduced from 1 April 2021. The associated delegation ensures that officers are able to respond quickly to operational demands.

 

Alternative options

 

Option 1: To not revise the Agreement. This is rejected on the grounds that we would not be able to introduce charging which is a necessary step in terms of the budget reductions that need to be made.