Decision details

The  Homelessness  Act 2002 requires all councils to review and produce a new homelessness strategy at least every five years.  A review of the existing strategy is due in 2018.

In addition to this, the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 comes into force in April 2018 and there are a number of fundamental changes to legislation and additional duties that will need to be reflected in a new Homelessness Reduction Strategy for West Suffolk, which the Cabinet will be asked to consider and adopt.

The draft Strategy will have previously been considered by the FHDC and SEBC Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

RESOLVED:

That the designed version of West Suffolk Homelessness Reduction Strategy  2018-2023, attached as Appendix 1 to Report No: CAB/JT/18/005, be approved.