Purpose

The purpose of this report is to seek approval
from the Housing and Homelessness Portfolio Holder to provide
additional funding to New Forest Disability Information Services
(NFDIS) to cover the shortfall in costs for them to provide the
Just Got Home and Independence Matters schemes.

Approval is also sought for an additional £17,660 for the
financial year 2024/25.

Decision

On 8 July 2024, Cllr Steve Davies, the
Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness made the following
decision:

That an additional £17,660 is provided to NFDIS in the form
of a grant to continue with the Just Got Home Scheme at Lymington
and Romsey Hospital for the financial year 2024/25.

Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the
Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can
be given to the Monitoring Officer (Tanya Coulter) (in writing or
by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on 15 July 2024.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are
attached below.

Reasons for the decision

See Report

Alternative options considered

See Report