Decision details

Community Led Housing Grant scheme

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

 

The report considered a proposal to establish a community led housing grant scheme of £100,000 offering grants of up to £10,000 to help community groups with up front costs eg specialist, professional advice needed to bring housing projects forward such as planning appraisals, financial feasibility appraisals and housing needs surveys etc.

Decision:

1.  The proposal to establish a community led housing grant scheme.

 

2.  To delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Housing and Safer  neighbourhoods to approve individual community led housing grants to community groups.

 

Reasons for the decision:

To establish a community- led housing grants scheme with a total budget of up to £100,000 to help fund up front costs e.g. specialist, professional advice needed to bring housing projects forward such as planning appraisals, financial feasibility appraisals, housing needs surveys etc.

Alternative options considered:

Not to introduce the scheme, however the Council committed to the Ministry of Housing and Communities and Local Government that we would introduce a grant scheme to support Community Led Housing.

Report author: Bob Porter

Publication date: 19/12/2019

Date of decision: 16/12/2019

Decided at meeting: 16/12/2019 - Cabinet

Effective from: 04/01/2020

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