Decision details

(i)             to note the concerns raised in relation to upkeep of gardens at void properties and that the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord had undertaken to discuss this with colleagues in Environmental Services outwith the meeting;

(ii)            to note that the Executive Director Corporate Services would liaise with officers outwith the meeting to review the information due to be presented in reports to the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee in respect of the queries raised around the number of waiting lists and applications per property and national benchmarking of these figures, as well as how prevalent the issues raised in the audit were in terms of the wider situation as opposed to the sample data, and that officers would provide a service update to Members on any information which was not due to be covered in a report to the Committee;

(iii)          to note that the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord had also undertaken to raise the above at the next Housing Board meeting; and

(iv)          to otherwise note the report.