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RECOMMEND TO
COUNCIL 
 
(i)    To approve the receipt and expenditure
of two grants in the sum of (i)
£271,911 for Homeless Prevention Grant top up, and (ii)
£72,000 for Home Office Asylum Dispersal Grant.
 
(ii)   To approve an increase in
the housing team’s 2023/24 revenue income and expenditure
budgets of £343,911 to cater for the receipt of the two
subject grants.
 
REASON
 
(i)    Increasing the revenue income and
expenditure budgets in the Housing Service will allow the Council
to receive and spend the grants offered by DLUHC.
 
(ii)   Full Council must approve
an increase to the housing team’s budget.
 
(iii)  To provide appropriate housing
options for the cohorts specified in the grant
conditions.