Purpose

To seek Executive approval for
the draft Fareham Housing Tenant Alterations Policy to go forward for
consultation.

 

Under section 97 of the Housing
Act 1985 all eligible tenants have the right to make alterations or
improvements to their homes.  While
tenants must have permission to carry out any alterations or improvements, the
law stipulates that this permission cannot be ‘unreasonably withheld’.

 

The draft Fareham Housing
Alterations policy provides comprehensive information on the alterations
process, background and relevant legislation. 
The document updates the information on our website and brings it
together into a single policy.

 

A period of 6 weeks public
consultation will be undertaken on the draft Policy before it returns to the
Executive for formal adoption.

 

At its meeting on 9 January 2025,
the Housing Scrutiny Panel considered the Policy and a number
of comments or suggestions were made.

Decision

RESOLVED that the Executive:

 

(a)  notes
the feedback from the Housing Scrutiny Panel;

 

(b)  approves
the draft Fareham Housing Alterations Policy for consultation; and

 

(c)  agrees
that any minor changes to the policy prior to public consultation are delegated
to the Director of Housing following consultation with the Executive Member for
Housing.