Award of Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 and Utilisation of Council pipeline budget for TA and Resettlement Homes Acquisition KD1013603
August 11, 2026 Lead Member for Housing (Other) Key decision Unknown View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
The Lead Member for Housing agreed to approve the Memorandum of Understanding for the acceptance of £11,669,776 grant funding from the Local Area Housing Fund on 11 August 2026. This decision allows the council to acquire 25 temporary accommodation units and 10 resettlement properties. The council will invest approximately £6.5 million from its pipeline budget to unlock this grant funding.
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Purpose
RBKC has been provisionally awarded grant funding though the Local Authority Housing Fund Round 4 (LAHF 4). The objectives of the grant are to support local authorities to deliver new, in borough, homes to relieve homelessness pressures, and to make properties available to resettled refugees.
The decision for the Lead Member is whether to accept this funding, and if so to agree that a request is made to the Leadership Team to agree to utilising the grant with funds to be released from the pipeline, in order to make the TA capital acquisition programme viable. If the lead member decides to accept this funding, the Local Authority will enter a Memorandum of Understanding with MHCLG accepting the terms of the funding.
Decision
The Lead Member AGREED to approving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the acceptance of £11,669,776 grant funding from the Local Area Housing Fund.
Details
| Outcome | Awaiting Implementation |
| Decision date | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Effective from | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Expected date | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Originally due | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Lead officer | Raphaelle Lewis |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |