Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

Councillor Healey introduced the report and explained that the Housing Regeneration Team role had shifted over the years since its creation as funding had become more focussed on carbon reduction in housing and less on wider measures to improve housing conditions in the private sector.

The report provided an update on the work of the team, set out a series of recommended priorities for the team to focus on in the future, and proposed that the now outdated Private Sector Grants and Loans Policy be replaced with a simple schedule of grants and loans available to householders in Flintshire.

The Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) added that the report had been submitted to Environment and Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee the previous week where its findings and content were supported.  A comment was made on the  need for a communication to residents to inform them on how the funds could be accessed.  A separate report on loans, including town centre loans, would be submitted to Cabinet in May.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the update on the work of the Housing Regeneration Team be noted and that the future priorities for the service be approved; and

(b)       That the grants and loans schedule be approved, and that delegated authority be given to the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Countryside and the Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) to vary the schedule as funding availability or requirements change.