Issue - meetings
Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
Meeting: 12/03/2018 - Cabinet (Item 9)
9 Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 
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This report provides information on the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, and the potential impact it will have in Brent, and seeks approval that the statutory duty to agree a Personal Housing Plan for single homeless households (and childless couples) can be delegated to the Single Homeless Prevention Service.
Decision:
It was RESOLVED:
9.1 That the potential impact of the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on both single people and families, be noted; and
9.2 That the statutory duty to assess all eligible applicants’ cases and agree a Personal Housing Plan for single homeless households (and childless couples) be delegated to the Single Homeless Prevention Service (as agreed in accordance with an amended recommendation which was tabled at the meeting); and
9.3 That additional amendments to the wording of paragraph 4.10 of the report (in that the SHPS team was actually a consortium of Thames Reach and Crisis), which had been tabled at the meeting, be noted.
Minutes:
Councillor Harbi Farah, Cabinet Member for Housing and Welfare Reform, introduced the report, which provided information on the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, and the potential impact it could have in Brent. Councillor Farah stated that the report sought approval for the statutory duty to agree a Personal Housing Plan for single homeless households (and childless couples) be delegated to the Single Homeless Prevention Service.
It was RESOLVED:
9.1 That the potential impact of the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on both single people and families, be noted;
9.2 That the statutory duty to assess all eligible applicants’ cases and agree a Personal Housing Plan for single homeless households (and childless couples) be delegated to the Single Homeless Prevention Service (as agreed in accordance with an amended recommendation which was tabled at the meeting); and
9.3 That additional amendments to the wording of paragraph 4.10 of the report (in that the SHPS team was actually a consortium of Thames Reach and Crisis), which had been tabled at the meeting, be noted.