Agenda item

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

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services regarding the Housing and Planning Act. Members discussed the report, noting that the Act required the sale of ‘higher value’ council homes to fund the Right to Buy for Housing Association tenants, increased social housing rents for tenants earning over £40k, replaced lifetime tenancies with fixed-term tenancies, and introduced a new type of affordable housing: Starter Homes. Members also noted that the details as to what this would mean on a practical basis (for instance, off-site provision for starter homes, or the definition of ‘higher value’) were yet to be specified, but it was likely that a substantial amount of the City Corporation’s housing stock would be subject to the levy.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.