Decision details

Committee resolved to:

1.    Agree the targets set out in the Nightly Paid Accommodation Delivery Plans as follows:

Target 1 – reduce the total number f households in nightly paid accommodation to fewer than 35 by April 2027- the target for budgetary purposes is 50 to allow for contingency in the 2026/27 budget’

Target 2 - reduce the average nightly cost of accommodation by 5%

Target 3 – the average length of time households spend in nightly paid accommodation to reduce from 215 days in 2025/26 to 120 days by March 2027; and

2.    Recommend to Corporate Policy and Resources Committee that the anticipated savings of £600k arising from the Nightly Paid Accommodation Delivery Plan be incorporated into the overall Budget Savings Plan for 2026/27