Issue details

Update to Executive Board on Lettings Policy Review

This report updates Executive Board on developments since the Executive Board meeting in July 2009, and is on the government’s statutory guidance on allocations. It covers progress made on:

·  Improving the management and allocation of tenancies

·  Greater sharing of information with the Police

·  the possibility of developing quotas or giving higher preference to good tenants

·  incorporating government guidance which allows local authorities to give greater preference to meet local priorities

·  ensuring the proposals for the lettings policy review are legally robust and contribute to the Council’s equality duties

Decision type: Key

Decision status: For Determination

Decision due: 19 May 2010 by Executive Board

Contact: Chief Housing Services Officer Email: kathryn.bramall@leeds.gov.uk.

Portfolio Holder: Portfolio: Neighbourhoods and Housing

Agenda items

Documents

  • The report to be issued to the decision maker with the agenda for the meeting