Decision Maker: Cabinet, Full Council

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: November 27, 2024

Purpose: The report seeks approval of the new Tenancy Strategy.

Content: RESOLVED That Full Council be recommended to approve and adopt of the Tenancy Strategy 2025 to 2029 (Appendix A of report SHAP/091) to commence from 1 January 2025, subject to that within 3.0 Council approach, that the final line in the penultimate paragraph be changed to read: ‘There are now over 2,500 households on the housing register, and due to the increased demand for housing and reduced supply, households may wait several years for an offer of social housing (dependent on their priority and the availability of properties they are eligible for).’. Reasons for the Recommendations   To fulfil the Council’s legal duty to publish a Tenancy Strategy to set out matters to which registered providers are to have regard to when formulating their own tenancy policies.