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DECISION TAKEN:
 
Cabinet recommended the Policy and Strategy to
Full Council for approval.
 
REASON FOR DECISION:
The Tenancy Strategy set out the Council's
commitment as a provider of social housing for the provision of
high quality housing, thriving neighbourhoods and sustainable
communities and expected approach towards tenancies.
 
The Council were required to consult with
registered providers such as Housing associations, as they are
required in law to have regard to the strategy.
 
The consultation took place from the
2nd February to the 1st March 2024 and
included 19 registered providers in the borough and private
landlords and agents as well as the Residents Panel. Responses were
received from 7 registered providers with stock levels of between
25 and 700 properties locally. All of them were in support of the
tenancy strategy and the move to ending the use of flexible fixed
term tenancies.
 
100% of the registered providers use assured
lifetime tenancies and 43% currently offer flexible fixed term
tenancies, although of these, 50% intend to stop using them in the
next five years.
 
Cabinet approved the ending of fixed term
tenancies last year, so all tenants would have lifetime secure
tenancies. The tenancy policy sets out the Council's approach to
tenancy and their management.