Issue - meetings

To approve an amendment to the policy for funding the home purchase grant scheme and a variation to the housing investment programme to make available a sum for the scheme in 2022-23 to allow the backlog of applications to be cleared. 

RESOLVED:

1.  That an amendment to the policy for funding the home purchase grant scheme to enable it to be funded from all resources available to support the council’s housing investment programme where permitted rather than solely from capital receipts arising from social homebuy sales be approved.

2.  That a variation to the housing investment programme to make available a sum of £2,150,000 for the home purchase grant scheme in 2022-23 to allow the backlog of applications to be cleared be approved.