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DECLARATIONS OF
INTEREST FOR ITEM:
 
None
 
RESOLVED:
 
That Cabinet:
 
1.   
Approved the adoption of the draft Tenancy Management Policy to
come into effect from 4 November 2025.

2.   
Delegated authority to the Director of Housing in consultation with
the Cabinet member for Housing and Planning to make any future
modifications to this policy required by changes to legal or
regulatory requirements arising in the three-year period before the
policy is due for review.
 

Reasons for decision
 
?This newly drafted
clear and accessible policy would outline the Council’s
approach to tenancy
management for Council tenants and for their wider households.
 It would also help the Council meet the Social Housing
Regulator’s consumer standards, specifically the Tenancy
Standard and the ?Transparency, Influence and Accountability
Standard.  
 

Alternative options considered
 
?The Council could
have continued with a range of tenancy policies and updated each
one individually instead of introducing one comprehensive policy
for this service. This option was rejected because it would not
meet
the Council’s
needs or those of its tenants. Introducing this new policy
will assist the
Council to meet the Social Housing Regulator’s
Transparency,
Influence and
Accountability Standard requirement to deliver fair,
reasonable,
accessible and
transparent policies. This option would also not meet our
commitment to
introduce updated policies in the Housing Strategy 2024 –
and the Housing
Improvement Plan 2023.