Issue - meetings

Discretionary Housing Payment Policy

 

 

Meeting: 16/12/2021 - Cabinet (Item 74)

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Additional documents:

Decision:

Option A.      To amend the Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) policy to                     reflect the funding for 2021/22 provided by the DWP.

 

Option C.      Minor changes to the policy to be delegated to an officer in                     consultation with the cabinet member for our service area.

 

Minutes:

This money was provided to local authorities by the Department for Work and Pensions to assist those most in need to meet their rent liability. The policy was renewed each year and needed to be reviewed to take into account the allocation of funding provided to the council. One of the key aims was to alleviate poverty and help to keep families together.

Meeting: 15/12/2021 - Corporate Scrutiny Committee (Item 50)

Discretionary Housing Payment Policy

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report which sought the Cabinet’s approval to amend the policy to reflect the funding for 2021/22 provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, and to delegated minor policy changes to an officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance, Corporate Resources and Transformational Change. No questions or comments were made at this stage.

 

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the report and proposed recommendations be noted.