Cabinet Members' Items - Report of the Housing and Planning Portfolio Holder - A.6 - Consideration and Adoption of a Revised Housing Under Occupation Transfer Incentive Policy and a New Housing Compensation Policy
April 11, 2025 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Key decision Awaiting outcome 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
Cabinet decided to approve and adopt the revised Under Occupation Transfer Incentive Policy and the new Housing Compensation Policy on 11/04/2025. The Under Occupation Incentive Policy will be funded by refocusing the existing cash incentive scheme budget of £0.060m. The Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for Housing, is authorised to make future updates and amendments, including an annual review of the Housing Under Occupation Transfer Incentive.
Full council record
Decision
RESOLVED that Cabinet –
(a) approves and formally adopts the revised Under Occupation Transfer Incentive Policy and the new Housing Compensation Policy;
(b) approves that the Under Occupation Incentive Policy be funded by refocusing the existing cash incentive scheme budget of £0.060m held within the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme along with the corresponding change in the revenue contribution to the capital programme in 2025/26; and
(c) authorises the Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for Housing, to make future updates or amendments to these policies and that this will include an annual review of the Housing Under Occupation Transfer Incentive to assess its effectiveness.
Related Meeting
Cabinet - Friday, 11th April, 2025 10.30 am on April 11, 2025
Details
| Decision date | 11 Apr 2025 |
| Effective from | 23 Apr 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |