Decision details

Housing Allocation Policy for former and current persons serving in the regular and reserve Armed Forces with urgent housing needs.

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Minor revision to Allocation Policy removing time criterion.

Decision:

 

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER NON-EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

 

Date of Decision:

 

7 November 2023

Title:

Allocation Policy Review

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer, Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Details of Specific Committee Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

 

 

Appendix 9 of the Constitution (Responsibility for Functions)

 

SECTION 4C3: STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF ADULT CARE, HOUSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH – DELEGATED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

 

The Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is authorised1 to discharge executive functions through the commissioning and provision of social services for adults and public health services for the whole population and delivery of housing for the Borough, including:-

2. Housing

(d) Housing Options

(e) Housing Strategy and Investment

 

Decision:

1.     Agrees to adopt the amended wording in the Housing Allocation Policy included at Appendix 1.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

To approve minor changes to the policy and delegations to bring into line with best practice.

 

Where the decision is made under specific delegation from a decision making body, the names of any member of the relevant body who has declared a conflict of interest in relation to the decision and name of the body granting the specific delegation and the date when it did so:

 

N/A.

Reports or parts of reports considered

Section 2.1 to 2.3 which includes the proposed amended policy so that it removes reference to the five-year rule to comply with  legislation.

 

James Clark, Assistant Director of Housing – Allocation Policy review

 

I certify that this is a true record of the decision in relation to minor changes to the Allocation policy and delegations to bring into line with best practice.

 

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  

                              

Dated           07/11/2023

 

 

Name:          Ian Spicer                                            

Job Title:     Strategic Director

 

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Publication date: 14/11/2023

Date of decision: 07/11/2023

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