Agenda item

Award of Section 202 Housing Act 1996 Reviews Contract

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

Minutes:

Members considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services which sought approval for contracting out of Section 202 - Housing Act Reviews (of the Housing Act 1996) to a third-party organisation.  Members noted that the local authority in question must authorise the contracting out. 

 

RESOLVED, That:

 

1.      Authority be granted (retrospectively if necessary) for a period not exceeding 10 years (from 01/01/2019) to the exercising of the statutory homelessness review function (under Section 202 of the Housing Act 1996) by persons or employees of those persons whose details have been notified to this Committee (by or on behalf of the Director of Community and Children’s Services) as having entered into agreements to provide the exercising of the statutory homelessness review function on behalf of the Common Council of the City of London.

 

2.      The Director of Community and Children’s Services be authorised to enter into agreements (in accordance with the above authorisation) with persons to provide for the exercising of the statutory homelessness review function on behalf of the Common Council of the City of London by those persons and/or employees of those persons.

 

3.      Housing Reviews Ltd be noted as having entered into an agreement to provide the exercising of the Statutory Homeless Review Function up to 31 December 2019.

 

 

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