Agenda item

Purpose of Report

The purpose of this report is to update the Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness of a review of a number of Repairs and Maintenance policies to ensure they meet the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing, Consumer Standards and to seek approval for the updated policies.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1.    The Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness approves the updated Repairs and Maintenance policies and asks the Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services to implement the new policies on 1 October 2024 (Appendix A - K).

2.    The Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness approves the implementation and communication plan for the updated policies.

Steve Groves, Head of Building Maintenance, presented the report, the purpose of which was to update the Cabinet Member of the review of a number of Repairs and Maintenance policies to ensure they meet the requirements of the Regulator of Social Housing, Consumer Standards and to seek approval for the updated policies.  He outlined the key changes in each policy.

Members' questions

There were no questions.

Members' comments

There were no comments

Chair's comment

The Chair noted the 9 policies and stressed the importance of having particular scrutiny on things such as damp, mould and fire safety.   He stressed it was important that all policies should reflect and incorporate the findings from the Grenfell enquiry.

The Chair was particularly impressed with the focus group feedback

DECISION

The Cabinet Member:

1)    Approved the updated Repairs and Maintenance policies and asked the Housing Neighbourhood and Building Services to implement the new policies on 1 October 2024 (Appendix A - K).