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Local Authority Housing Fund Acquisitions

Meeting: 10/06/2024 - Council (Item 63)

Local Authority Housing Fund Acquisitions

This report is to be considered at the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee on 03 June 2024 who will make a recommendation to Council.

 

The report is to follow.

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Minutes:

Councillor Bateson requested a named vote.

 

For

Councillors Buck, J Doran, Arnold, Bateson, Beatty, Beecher, Bhadye, Bing Dong, Brennan, Burrell, Button, Caplin, Clarke, S Doran, Dunn, Geraci, Gibson, Grant, Gyawali, Lee, Mathur, Nichols, Rutherford, Rybinski, Sexton, Turner, Williams, Woodward - 28

Against

0

Abstain

Councillors Boughtflower, Chandler, Howkins, Islam - 4

 

 

Council resolved to approve the acquisitions through the Local Authority Housing Fund as set out in the report.


Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Corporate Policy and Resources Committee (Item 73)

Local Authority Housing Fund Acquisitions

To consider recommending to Council the approval of acquisitions through the Local Authority Housing Fund.

 

Exemption Reason: This report contains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because, disclosure to the public would prejudice the financial position of the authority in any lease, contract or other type of negotiation with the tenant or developer, who could then know the position of the Council. 

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Minutes:

The Committee considered a recommendation from the Development Sub-Committee on the acquisition of properties through the Local Authority Housing Fund.

 

The Committee expressed their support and thanks to the team involved in the acquisitions through the fund.

 

The Committee resolved to make a recommendation to Council for the approval of acquisitions funded with the assistance of the Local Authority Housing Fund.


Meeting: 20/05/2024 - Development Sub-Committee (Item 57)

Local Authority Housing Fund Acquisitions

To consider a report on Local Authority Housing Fund Property Acquisitions.

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Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered a report on the possible acquisition of multiple properties as part of the Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) Acquisitions. The Chair reminded the Sub-Committee that they were not being asked to authorise the purchases but to make a recommendation to CPRC and Council.

 

The Sub-Committee resolved to agree to the recommendations as set out in the report.