Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note the statutory guidance available in Appendix A; and

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to monitor implementation of the proposed actions for housing and incorporate them into the next Local Housing Strategy; and update progress on actions through the Local Housing Strategy.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Early Intervention and Community Empowerment, which explained that the Armed Forces Act 2021 amended the Armed Forces Act 2006 to create legal obligations on specified bodies in all four home nations of the UK.

These legal obligations were referred to as The Armed Forces Covenant Duty and came into force on 22 November 2022, and the report outlined how the Council’s Housing service intended to discharge their duties under the Covenant.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note the statutory guidance available in Appendix A; and

(b)          instruct the Chief Officer - Early Intervention and Community Empowerment to monitor implementation of the proposed actions for housing and incorporate them into the next Local Housing Strategy; and update progress on actions through the Local Housing Strategy.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.