Agenda item

Report of the Group Director of Operations.

The Cabinet Member with the Health and Housing Portfolio introduced the report of the Group Director of Operations (previously circulated) requesting that consideration be given to the Housing Services Asset Management Strategy 2024/29 (also previously circulated).

The submitted report stated that the Council provided over 5,300 high quality homes for local residents; the Council were committed to providing safe, energy efficient and comfortable homes; and that the Housing Services Asset Management Strategy 2024/29 set out how Housing Services would ensure the efficient and effective management of the housing assets, as a core requirement of meeting the Council’s landlord services function.

RESOLVED – (a)  That the report be noted.

(b) That the Housing Services Asset Management Strategy, as appended at Appendix 1 to the submitted report, be approved.

REASONS – (a)  The Housing Services Asset Management Strategy ensures the Council has a clear approach to managing the Council’s housing assets.

(b) In addition, the Regulator of Social Housing’s new Consumer Standards from April 2024 places a duty on social housing landlords to:

                                       (i)      have an accurate, up to date and evidenced understanding of the condition of their homes that reliably informs the provision of good quality, well maintained and safe homes for their tenants, and

                                     (ii)      provide an effective, efficient, and timely repairs, maintenance and planned improvements service for their homes and the communal areas and shared spaces for which they were responsible.

(c) The adoption of a formal Asset Management Strategy is one of the ways to demonstrate how the Council will achieve this.?????