Agenda item

*RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that:

1.   The Housing (Public Sector) revised Capital Programme for 2020/21 be approved.

2.   The Housing (Public Sector) Capital Programme for 2021/22 be approved and its procurement, as necessary, be authorised.

3.   The Housing (Public Sector) Capital Programmes for 2022/23 to 2025/26 be provisionally approved.

4.   The in-house Operational Services Division share of the Capital Programme for 2021/22 be approved.

5.   Delegated authority be granted to the Service Director – Housing and/or Acting Chief Finance Officer to transfer funds between programmes and budgets to manage the Capital Programme for 2021/22.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS

1.   To enable the Council to maintain all council homes at the ‘Decent Homes Standard’ in line with the Council’s Vision and Corporate Plan.

2.   To maintain and improve the condition of the council’s public sector housing stock and estate environments.

3.   To deliver against the aims of the Borough Housing Strategy and the HRA Business Plan

The Service Director – Housing presented a report seeking approval for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Capital Programme for 2021/22, and provisionally for 2022/23 through to 2025/26.

The overall financing strategy continued to focus on maintaining the Council’s housing stock at the Decent Homes Standard, improving the non-traditional housing stock, delivering improvements to estate environments and building or acquiring new council housing.

Many of the programmes for 2021/22 had already been procured in 2020/21 to ensure timely delivery including the central heating programme to remove the risk of large-scale heating failures, the roof replacement programme, the replacement of aging UPVC windows and external wall insulation, and external work to blocks of flats.

The new build housing programme would continue at Brockwell Court and additional new sites had been identified at Markham Court, Middlecroft and Westwood Avenue.

*RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that:

1.     The Housing (Public Sector) revised Capital Programme for 2020/21 be approved.

2.    The Housing (Public Sector) Capital Programme for 2021/22 be approved and its procurement, as necessary, be authorised.

3.    The Housing (Public Sector) Capital Programmes for 2022/23 to 2025/26 be provisionally approved.

4.    The in-house Operational Services Division share of the Capital Programme for 2021/22 be approved.

5.    Delegated authority be granted to the Service Director – Housing and/or Acting Chief Finance Officer to transfer funds between programmes and budgets to manage the Capital Programme for 2021/22.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS

1.    To enable the Council to maintain all council homes at the ‘Decent Homes Standard’ in line with the Council’s Vision and Council Plan.

2.    To maintain and improve the condition of the council’s public sector housing stock and estate environments.

3.    To deliver against the aims of the Borough Housing Strategy and the HRA Business Plan.