Agenda item

Housing Update and Risk Register

Report of the Director of Community & Children's Services.

 

Minutes:

The Committee received a report of the Director of Community & Children's Services on the Housing Update and Risk Register.

 

The Committee was informed that this is a report which comes to the Committee twice a year, but, due to lockdown measures causing some Committees to be cancelled, one reporting cycle was missed.

 

The Deputy Chairman asked if there has been an increase in the housing registering since the last reporting. The Head of Housing Management responded that since the last reporting, the housing register’s figures have increased. The City of London carries out an annual census, in which the Department sends out an update request to all those on the application list, and the returns are that assessed accordingly. For this year, the department is sending out the request to all the applicants.  The current 839 applicants are anticipated to be reduced in numbers by the next cycle of reporting.

 

This was followed by another Member who asked for future reporting on void properties and turnover time. The Head of Housing Management agreed to have the request included in future reporting.

 

The Committee was further advised that normal letting activities have resumed back to physicals viewing taking place, although some of the signups have taken place virtually.  The new process is COVID-19 secure, and a number of emergency rehousing applications were granted to those who were in desperate need.

 

RESOLVED – That the Committee noted the report.

 

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