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Decision details

Planned Expenditure of the Homelessness Prevention Grant 2023-2025

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

Councillor Geoff Saul, Executive Member for Housing and Social Welfare, introduced the report, which was to consider the planned expenditure of the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023 – 2025 (incorporating the Domestic Abuse New Burden’s allocations for 2023 – 2025).

Councillor Saul gave an overview of the grant and the current situation regarding the pressures that are being felt locally within the district. DLUHC has awarded West Oxfordshire District Council through the Homelessness Prevention Grant £269,927 for 2023-24 rising to £282,704 in 2024-25. A further sum of £35,268 in 2023-24 rising to £35,932 in 2024-25 has been awarded be meet the Housing Domestic Abuse New Burdens.

Councillor Saul paid tribute to the work of Publica officers working in this area, particularly Caroline Clissold, Business Manager for Housing.

Councillor Saul proposed to agree the recommendations surrounding the planned expenditure of the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023–2025 (incorporating the Domestic Abuse New Burden’s allocations for 2023–2025).

This was seconded by Councillor Andrew Prosser, was voted on and was agreed unanimously by the Executive.

Executive Resolved to:

  1. Approve the expenditure detailed within section 2 of this report;
  2. Approve expenditure for the Fixed Term Contract posts until 2025, as detailed in paragraph 2.7;
  3. Approve the delegation of any amendments to these allocations to the Business Manager - Housing in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and the Chief Finance Officer subject to compliance with the ring fenced grant conditions;

4.      Delegate authority to the Business Manager – Housing, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and Chief Finance Officer, decisions on any other uplifts or grants that may be given over the financial years 2023-24 to 2024-25 to address increased demands on the Housing Service, subject to compliance with the ring fenced grant conditions.

Report author: Caroline Clissold

Publication date: 10/02/2023

Date of decision: 08/02/2023

Decided at meeting: 08/02/2023 - Executive

Effective from: 18/02/2023

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