Issue - meetings
New Single Homelessness Prevention and Relief Programme
Meeting: 16/01/2017 - Cabinet (Item 11)
11 New Homelessness Prevention and Relief Programme for Single People 
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Following the Council’s Housing and Vulnerable People Outcomes Based Review and the successful application for £900k from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer fund for the period April 2017 to March 2019, this report requests Cabinet approval to commit up to £900k match funding to fund local voluntary sector organisations to deliver homelessness prevention and relief outcomes for single people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Brent.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED:
i. Cabinet noted that the Council has successfully applied for £900k from the Department of Communities and Local Government Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer fund for the period April 2017 to March 2019
ii. Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing and Welfare Reform, to approve criteria for grant funding, to approve criteria for the evaluation of bids and to approve the allocation of grant on acceptable terms for evidenced homeless prevention and relief, and accommodation sustainment outcomes, for single people.
iii. Cabinet approved expenditure from council resources of up to £900k between January 2017 and March 2020 to contribute to the achievement of the outcomes referred to in 2.2 above by the voluntary sector under the grant agreement(s), and for necessary set up costs.
Minutes:
Councillor Harbi Farah, Cabinet Member for Housing and Welfare Reform, introduced the item. He stated that, following the Council’s Housing and Vulnerable People Outcomes Based Review and the successful application for £900k from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer fund for the period April 2017 to March 2019, this report requests Cabinet approval to commit up to £900k match funding to fund local voluntary sector organisations to deliver homelessness prevention and relief outcomes for single people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Brent.
He clarified that the final amount to be spent will depend on the number of successful outcomes which are achieved.
Cabinet Members welcomed the report.
RESOLVED:
i. Cabinet noted that the Council has successfully applied for £900k from the Department of Communities and Local Government Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer fund for the period April 2017 to March 2019
ii. Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Lead Member for Housing and Welfare Reform, to approve criteria for grant funding, to approve criteria for the evaluation of bids and to approve the allocation of grant on acceptable terms for evidenced homeless prevention and relief, and accommodation sustainment outcomes, for single people.
iii. Cabinet approved expenditure from council resources of up to £900k between January 2017 and March 2020 to contribute to the achievement of the outcomes referred to in 2.2 above by the voluntary sector under the grant agreement(s), and for necessary set up costs.