Issue - decisions

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.