Agenda item

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

The Sub-Committee considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services on the growth programme and the following points were made:

• The City of London Corporation’s growth programme was made up of two main elements comprising the City Assessment Centre and High Support Hostel, both of which were being progressed.  Heads of terms were being negotiated with the building owner in respect of the preferred site of the City Assessment Centre, with the provision scheduled to launch in early 2022.  The capital works programme for the High Support Hostel was also being taking forward with the provision on track to open to a small cohort of existing residents of the Carter Lane Hostel in December 2021.  The High Support Hostel was being designed to deliver a Psychologically Informed Environment that would consider the whole individual in their living environment, including previous life experiences, to provide tailored support via a strength-based model. 

• A Committee Member was pleased to note the ambitions for the High Support Hostel and queried whether the refurbishment of the building would take the wider aspirations of the City of London Corporation around environmental sustainability into account.  The Head of the Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Service confirmed that the procurement process for the High Support Hostel had given due weight to environmental considerations and had placed a particular stress on the realisation of social value within the design of the space for clients and staff.

RESOLVED, that the update be noted.