Decision details

Executive Board decision to approve a revised Lettings Policy.

Further to Minute No. 137 (12^th December 2012), the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods submitted a report providing information on the review which had been undertaken on the Council’s Lettings Policy, advising of the outcomes arising from the consultation carried out with the public and Members, and highlighted details of the proposals together with the proposals relating to the updated Lettings Policy document.

In presenting the report, the Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, Planning and Support Services highlighted the importance of a policy which was flexible, intelligent, proactive, visible and which also recognised the importance of ‘Local Connection’. 

Members noted the work which was ongoing in respect of the proposals and their impact upon certain groups within the community, such as carers and vulnerable adults.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report be noted.

(b)  That the options outlined within section 6 of the submitted report be noted and that the revised Lettings Policy, to be implemented from May 2013, be approved.

(c)  That the new approach towards centralising the assessment of housing need, together with the training programme for officers involved in lettings issues, be approved.

Consultation has been undertaken with members of the public, customers on the Leeds Homes Register, social housing tenants, Arms Length Management  Organisations and the Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation, Registered Social Landlords, Leeds Tenants Federation, and voluntary agencies.