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Decision details
Housing and Homelessness Recovery Plan
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To update members on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on housing and homelessness services and to set out our recovery plans for the next 12 months.
Decision:
1. To support the 3 priorities set out in the council’s housing and homelessness recovery plan, as set out in paragraph 11
2. For Hastings Borough Council to host a Housing Solutions role, within the Mental Health Specialist Accommodation Team. To allocate funding of £6,842 for the role.
3. To continue to provide dispersed temporary accommodation placements for rough sleepers. The full year net cost to the council is estimated at £643,000
4. To note the net cost of the council’s statutory emergency accommodation is estimated to be £343,000 above the original budget projection for 2020/21
5. To continue to lobby government to provide additional funding to help meet the rising costs of homelessness
6. To resume the launch of Live, Work, Thrive and extend the programme end date until March 2023Report author: Andrew Palmer
Publication date: 07/07/2020
Date of decision: 06/07/2020
Decided at meeting: 06/07/2020 - Cabinet
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