Issue - meetings

(i)       approve the allocation of the Section 75 and Council Tax monies detailed at section 3.4 the report for the future delivery of affordable housing; and

(ii)       instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to recruit an additional Empty Homes Officer as detailed at section 3.5 of the report to build on the success achieved to date on bringing long-term empty private residential properties back into use.

With reference to article 6 of the minute of meeting of 25 August 2021, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which provided an update on the Aberdeen City affordable housing delivery programme.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      approve the allocation of the Section 75 and Council Tax monies detailed at section 3.4 the report for the future delivery of affordable housing; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to recruit an additional Empty Homes Officer as detailed at section 3.5 of the report to build on the success achieved to date on bringing long-term empty private residential properties back into use.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.