Agenda item

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

The Sub Committee received the six-monthly report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services providing an update on Housing Service performance. Members discussed the report, including timescales for responsive repairs, and asked for the incidents of anti-social behaviour to be reported by Estate.

In response to a Member’s query, officers confirmed that two long-standing voids and ten units at Mais House were being ‘set aside’ to offer as homes to families of Syrian refugees. In effect, this meant they would not be let to anyone else in order to be used as part of the pan-London approach to the crisis with approximately six weeks’ notice. The Sub Committee discussed City of Sanctuary, but noted that this was a grassroots charity and it was therefore up to residents themselves if they wanted to become involved.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.