Agenda/Speakers:

1. Apologies for Absence

  • To receive any apologies for absence from any members of the Committee.

Minutes: none

2. Minutes of the Previous Meeting

  • To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 9 July 2024 and 11 September 2024 as an accurate record.

Minutes: none

3. Disclosures of Interest

  •  The Chair will invite Members to make their disclosure of interests orally at the meeting and they will also be recorded in the minutes

Minutes: none

4. Urgent Business 

  • To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

Minutes: none

5. Update on Key Performance Indicators

Minutes: none

6. Update on the Housing Revenue Account and Housing General Fund Finance Update

  • The report provides the Scrutiny Homes Sub-Committee an overview of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and General Fund (GF) forecast outturn 2024-25 as at Period 4 (July).

Minutes: none

7. Housing Responsive Repair Service Update

  •  The report sets out the current performance of our three contractors, Mears, Wates and K&T Heating and a summary of the delivery of Social Value initiatives.  It also includes a service update in respect of the repair contact centre and our improving position in respect of complaints management.  The report includes our areas of focus for the next six months.

Minutes: none

8. Placement Policy for Temporary Accommodation and Private Rented Sector Offers

  •  The proposed Placement Policy for Temporary Accommodation and Private Rented Sector Offers (PRSO) sets out the criteria for prioritising households for housing in Croydon, within the local area and other areas within and outside London.

Minutes: none

9. Work Programme 2024-2025

Minutes: none

10. Cabinet Response to Scrutiny Reccomendations

Minutes: none

11. Exclusion of the Press and the Public

  • The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting: “That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

Minutes: none