Purpose

This report requests an
exemption to the Fund criteria to allow monies to be granted to
Mosscare St Vincent’s (MSV) for
the Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme (RSAP) scheme in
Flixton. Currently the Fund criteria
does not allow for monies to be granted from the Trafford
Affordable Housing Fund (TAHF) where another grant has been secured
on the same units.
 
The RSAP scheme has received
funding of £780,000 (capital) and £85,000 (revenue)
from the Department for Levelling Up, Homes and Communities (DLUHC)
to provide 12 new build units of accommodation for rough sleepers.
However, there are additional costs associated with new planning
requirements such as upgrading the boundary fence to a wall with
planting on both sides, increasing the footprint of the development
to accommodate trees, adding in Juliet balconies and larger
windows.
 
These additional requirements
have meant the grant received from DLUHC does not cover the scheme
costs.  Therefore, MSV have requested
£22,500 from the TAHF to cover these additional costs to
enable to scheme to be delivered.

Decision

That the Executive Member for
Housing and Advice grants the exemption in principle, subject to
planning permission and awards a grant of £22,500.