Purpose

The Council will expand its temporary
accommodation by using two additional properties located on New
Bond Street and Hot Bath Street in Bath. One was a Curo leased
property returned to the Council, and the other is now vacant. Both
need repairs and refurbishment to reduce reliance on hotel type
accommodation. The decision also includes purchasing another
property "off the market" for temporary housing as part of the
Government-funded Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) (Decision
E3531: Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3).

Decision

To fully approve capital amounting to
£505k from the Government's Homelessness Prevention Grant and
Local Authority Housing Fund to expand temporary accommodation
provision.