Issue - decisions

"Invest to Save" Proposal

11/02/2016 - "Invest to Save" Proposal - Landlord Deposits and Rental Loans to Homeless Applicants

(1)        That, following approval of the Invest to Save proposal of £30,000 per annum for three years in order to provide landlord deposits to homeless applicants by the Cabinet at its meeting on 3 December 2015, it further be agreed that:

 

(a)        the agreed budget also be used for the provision of both landlord deposits and rental loans in appropriate cases for potentially homeless families with dependent children; 

 

            (b)        that both a rental loan and a landlord deposit loan be granted in       appropriate cases to disabled people and applicants with extreme medical             needs; 

            (c)        that amounts repaid by applicants should be re-cycled to provide    further             landlord deposit and rental loans (or both in accordance with (a) and             (b) above) to potentially homeless households; and     

            (d)        the Housing Select Committee be requested to undertake the review          of the Scheme referred to in the Cabinet’s previous decision (minute 113,         decision 2(b) refers).