Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to approve the criteria and management procedure of the Pilot Rent Assistance Fund detailed in Appendix 1;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to make any changes to the criteria and management procedure of the Pilot Rent Assistance Fund as appropriate during the pilot phase and inform Members of any such changes through a Service Update;

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer – Finance to present an evaluation of the impact of the Pilot Rent Assistance Fund as part of the 2025/26 HRA Budget Report to Council in December 2024; and  

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Officer – Finance to present a further evaluation covering the full 12 months of the pilot to be presented to the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee after one full year of operation.