Decision details
Housing Rent Arrears
Decision Maker: Community and Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To consider the Rent Arrears Annual Report
including information on the suggestion for WHQS improvements to be
delayed for tenants with long term rent arrears.
Decision:
(a) That the Committee notes the latest projections on rent arrears for the year ending 2016-17;
(b) That the Committee endorses the measures being taken to support tenants and to deliver sustainable tenancies;
(c) That the Committee supports the robust steps taken to recover arrears from tenants who, despite all preventative measures, make little or no effort to pay; and
(d) That the Committee endorses the recommendation not to link rent arrears with the rollout of the WHQS Programme and to continue to deal with rent arrears using existing procedures and protocols.
Report author: David Barnes
Publication date: 21/02/2017
Date of decision: 23/01/2017
Decided at meeting: 23/01/2017 - Community and Enterprise Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Accompanying Documents:
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