Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)              to note the Void Council Housing service update issued on the 7^th January;

(ii)             to note the issues arising from Covid-19;

(iii)            to note the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment chairs the fortnightly Voids Outcome Improvement meeting which scrutinises performance and progress on identified improvement actions;

(iv)           to agree that Void Properties are far too high and instructs the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to continue to develop the improvement plan, in consultation with the Convenor and Housing Spokesperson, to reduce Void Properties significantly, and agrees that the improvement plan be sent to members of the committee for reference only;

(v)             to agree that committee members receive fortnightly updates on Void numbers  by way of email;

(vi)           to agree that officers would issue information by way of email to members on the cleaning alert timescales for community buildings;

(vii)          to agree that the Chief Officer – Integrated Children’s and Family Services would provide some information behind the statistics in regards to Children’s Integrated Services for future Performance Reports and

(viii)        to otherwise note the information provided within the Performance Report.