(1) That further consideration be given to reducing the amount of low-demand sheltered housing in the Council’s ownership and developing the resultant vacant land or buildings to provide either general needs housing, temporary homelessness accommodation and/or more appropriate accommodation for older people in order to help meet the housing needs of local people registered on the Housing Register in the future;
(2) That the “Sheltered Housing Standard”, attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be adopted - with an objective of all sheltered housing schemes retained in the long term meeting the Standard over a reasonable period of time;
(3) That a further report be submitted to a future meeting of the Communities Select Committee with:
(a) recommendations about which sheltered housing schemes should be decommissioned over a period of time and their site(s) redeveloped;
(b) an initial proposed approach to decanting the existing residents;
(c) a Communication Strategy for the Project;
(d) initial redevelopment proposals for each of the identified sites;
(e) indicative budget costs; and
(f) an Equalities Analysis;
(4) That the following criteria be used for the assessment of sheltered housing schemes considered most suitable for redevelopment:
(a) the number of bedsits;
(b) the lettability, demand and location of the scheme;
(c) the long term costs of improvements/repairs;
(d) the amount of sheltered housing within the locality;
(e) the number of lettings to local residents compared to applicants on the
Supplementary Waiting List; and
(f) the demand for general needs housing in the locality; and
(5) That a further report from the Select Committee be submitted to the Cabinet with its recommendations, after it had considered the further report in decision (3) above from Officers.