Agenda item

Council Housing 'Buy Backs'

Decision:

That the recommendations set out in section 5 of the report be approved.

Minutes:

The Lead Member for Housing & Community Safety introduced a report that sought approval to delegate the acquisition of the ‘buy backs’ of former council housing purchased under the ‘Right to Buy’ to the Council’s Section 151 Officer in consultation with the Service Lead for Housing Development & Contracts.

 

The proposal was in line with one of the recommendations of the Council’s internal auditors from their review conducted in September 2019.  The audit had identified that some approvals for the acquisition of buy-back properties had been above the threshold of £250,000 for the acquisition of leasehold interests specified in the Constitution.  The audit recommendation was therefore to delegate the acquisition of property for the sole purpose of providing affordable housing that is above £250,000 to the Section 151 Officer.

 

After due consideration the recommendations set out in Section 5 of the report, including the delegation to the Section 151 Officer, were approved.

 

Resolved –  That the recommendations set out in section 5 of the report be approved.

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