Decision details

The Council currently leases 16 properties from Clarion for housing family households in temporary accommodation whilst undertaking the Councils homelessness duties.

This is a lease of one further property in Thorney Toll to help with our supply throughout Fenland towns and villages to provide such accommodation.

This ensures family households have a reduce risk of being placed in B&B which the Council is scrutinised on by Central Government to ensure that no families are in B&B for more than 6 weeks. This is also a very cost-effective solution for the Council. So better accommodation for family households delivered in a cost-effective way.

This also helps to bring a long-term empty property back into use for the benefit of Thorney Toll

Decision:

Daniel Horn, Assistant Director in accordance with Cabinet Decision 54/24 and the approved Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and Action Plan to lease a property in Thorney Toll from Clarion for the purposes of utilising for Family Temporary Accommodation.

Alongside other initiatives to increase the pool of temporary accommodation across the district this helps ensure the Council can reduce the risk of placing families in B&B.

The proposal is in accordance with the cabinet approved strategy and action plan as set out in the web links above.

Not increasing our pool of Temporary Accommodation. However, this increases the risk of B&B placement and also there has been specific interest from Ward Councillor and the portfolio holder to bring properties back into use in Thorney Toll and this proposal helps both priorities.