Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve the additional staff resources for the Housing Options and Homelessness Team, funded from the DCLG’s Flexible Homelessness Support Grant.

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     the additional statutory duties which will be in place as a result of the Homelessness Reduction Act, be noted;

(2)     the service be restructured and that an additional 6.8 FTE staff are required to meet the new statutory duties, as set out in Section 2.2 of Report No: CAB/SE/17/025; and

(3)     the funding of the additional posts be secured from the Flexible Homelessness Reduction Grant, as set out in Section 3.