Agenda

Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness - Wednesday, 16th October, 2024 4.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth. View directions

Contact: Allison Harper, Local Democracy Officer - Tel: 023 9268 8014  Email: Allison.Harper@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Members' Interests

3.

Interim Report on Progress of Council Housing Maintenance and Improvements Programme 2024/2025 pdf icon PDF 225 KB

Purpose of Report

The purpose of this report is to update the Cabinet Member on the delivery of the Council Housing Maintenance and Improvements Programme 2024/25, the spend against the approved budget and to highlight any future issues.

 

The report also provides and 'industry update' highlighting the wider financial and operational context impacting on repairs and maintenance.

4.

Ladywood House - Building Safety Case pdf icon PDF 197 KB

Purpose of Report

The purpose of the report is to provide the Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness with an update on the Ladywood House, Building Assessment Certificate which includes the Building Safety Case.

 

The report will outline the background to the Building Safety Act 2022, details of what a Building Assessment Certificate consists of, key points of the Building Safety Case, Resident Engagement Strategy and the Mandatory Occurrence Reporting System and the next steps that will be taken.

 

The report will outline to the Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness how Building Safety works are being undertaken and how the Building Safety Case for Ladywood House helps to demonstrate compliance with aspects of The Regulator for Social Housing - Consumer Standards.

 

The report will update the Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness of resident engagement activities undertaken to date and future planned engagement, alongside how residents can access relevant Building Safety documents as detailed in section 5 and 7 of the report.