The Director of City Development:
1. Granted approval to purchase the properties, detailed in
Confidential Appendix B, at Market Value as determined by Land
& Property and authorised their use as designated Rough Sleeper
accommodation, to be managed by Leeds Housing Options.
2. Authorised the required expenditure to enable the programme to
progress the property acquisitions detailed in Confidential
Appendix B. These property acquisitions will be funded from the
Council Housing Growth Programme budget, via a combination of
Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing and a Homes England grant
of £50,000 per property (or the net cost of the acquisition
if this total is below £50,000).
3. Noted the Director of City Development (delegate) approved the
injection of a further £400,000 for the RSAP5 scheme into the
HRA Council Housing Growth capital programme (as part of the Right
of First Refusals programme) to deliver 8 units, on 12th May
2023.
4. Noted that written approval to bring the properties back into
council housing stock was provided by the Chief Officer (Housing)
of Communities, Housing & Environment on 18th September
2023.