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Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy

Meeting: 12/06/2018 - EXECUTIVE (Item 7)

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To approve the Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy.

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Decision:

That the Transitional Accommodation Placement Policy be approved.

Minutes:

 

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Adults, Social Care and Housing Operations that set out the draft Transitional Accommodation Placement Policy.  There was a desire to place all homeless households in suitable properties within, or in close proximity to Central Bedfordshire, but where that was not possible the policy clarified how the Council would prioritise households for placement in Central Bedfordshire, neighbouring areas, or further afield, recognising that there were instances where a placement out of area was beneficial.

 

Reason for decision:  To provide a rationale and clarity on how the Council would make temporary and interim accommodation placements to suitable properties.

 

RESOLVED

 

that the Transitional Accommodation Placement Policy be approved.

 

The decision was unanimous.

 

 

 


Meeting: 04/06/2018 - SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH & HOUSING OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (Item 100)

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To consider and comment on the draft Transitional Accommodation Placement Policy, which outlines the proposed Council approach to placing homelessness households into Transitional Accommodation.

 

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Minutes:

The Head of Housing Solutions introduced the Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy and a presentation that highlighted the key principles.  The outcomes from the consultation policy had informed the work of officers and provided the ability to respond to people in challenging and sometimes distressing circumstances in a consistent way.  The Policy would also help to prioritise need when families with children, and vulnerable people, presented themselves. The policy would help provide the means to understand demand, investigate trends and prevent the need for temporary accommodation in some cases.

 

The need for a suitable supply of temporary housing was recognised and was fully supported.  The focus on prevention since April 2018 had shown a positive impact and the number of placements required had gone down.

 

The new Temporary Accommodation Placement Policy was unanimously supported by the Committee.

RECOMMENDED the Committee: -

1.    Welcomes the clarity of the draft policy while recognising the onus and pressures now placed on local authorities.

2.    Welcomes the overall support from the consultation exercise.

Sees that in offering transitional accommodation, it accepts the factors to consider at paragraph 11, while emphasising the need to consider families with young children and persons with particular health needs.