Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the report of the Director of Communities.

That the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Task Group be received, and the action plan to deliver these recommendations is accepted.

Councillor Terry Howarth, Executive Member for Resources presented the report of the Director of Communities which outlined the response to the recommendations of the Task Group for Select Move and provided a final update to implement and action the 18 recommendations made by the overview and Scrutiny Task Group.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee commissioned the Select Move Task Group which commenced in December 2021. The final report of the task group, which was received by Executive Cabinet on 10 November 2022, made 18 recommendations for action, some of which had been addressed as part of Select Move Policy review. The Select Move Partnership was in the process of reviewing the Allocations Policy and the recommendations of the Task group made a very valuable contribution to this review.

Members noted an amendment to recommendation 6 which would consult on the reduction to refuse two reasonable offers rather than three refusals on reasonable offers. Recommendation 16 would also include the Select Move Coordinator in addition to the Housing Solutions Manager.

The Executive Cabinet and Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee thanked Councillor June Molyneaux as Chair of the Task group, as well as all the members involved for their thorough review.

Decision:

That the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Task Group be received, and the action plan to deliver these recommendations is accepted.

Reasons for recommendations

To address the 18 recommendations made by the task group and implement the actions detailed in this report.

Other options considered and rejected

The action plan in response to the recommendations not to be implemented, however it is important to regularly monitor the choice-based lettings scheme and implement actions recommended to ensure Select Move is meeting the needs of the applicants.