Purpose

Following a period of consultation, the
Cabinet will be asked to consider and recommend to Council,
approval of a new West Suffolk Housing, Homelessness Reduction and
Rough Sleeping Strategy. As an interim step, Cabinet will be
asked to approve the Homelessness Reduction and Rough Sleeping
section of the Strategy.

Decision

Recommended to Council: (19 November 2024)
That:
1.          
The Housing, Homelessness Reduction and
Rough Sleeping Strategy, attached as Appendix 1 to Report number
CAB/WS/24/046, be approved.
 
Resolved:
That:
2.          
As an interim step, the
Homelessness Reduction and Rough Sleeping section of the Strategy,
be approved.
 
3.          
Delegated authority be
given to the Director (Planning and Growth) and Strategic Director,
in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing, to make any
presentational or clarificatory improvements or minor non-material
consequential changes to the document as necessary prior to its
submission to Council, including updating any data where this
becomes available in the intervening period.
 
Recommended to Council: (19
November 2024)
That:
4.          
A further
£612,000 be allocated to the delivery of the Strategy as set
out in Section 2.6 and 2.7 of Report number CAB/WS/24/046, funded
from the Strategic Priorities and MTFS reserve.
 
5.          
An annual review of progress against the
strategy and action plan be reported to Cabinet and the quarterly
Key Performance Indicators reported to Performance and Audit
Scrutiny Committee and Cabinet are updated as necessary to reflect
the commitments in this Strategy.
 
Resolved:
That:
6.          
The updated calculations to support the
Council’s investment in temporary accommodation, previously
agreed by Cabinet on 23 July 2024, be noted.