Agenda and draft minutes

Including any notices of motion and any other items of business submitted as urgent for consideration at the meeting.

Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest.

If any.

Minute of the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee of 9 May 2023 – submitted for approval as a correct record

Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee Work Programme

Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee Rolling Actions Log

Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee Business Bulletin

Internal Audit: Open and Overdue Internal Audit Actions - Performance Dashboard as at 22 June 2023 - referral from GRBV

Affordable Housing Policy Update - referral from Planning Committee

By Councillor Meagher – Family and Household Support

“Committee:

Recognises the role played by Family and Household Support officers in working to help to prevent homelessness and dealing with anti-social behaviour.

Notes that the service currently reports to the Culture and Communities committee.

Acknowledges that it will be more effective for that service to report via the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee.

Therefore, calls for a report to HHFW Committee in October on the work of the FHS Service.”

Motion by Councillor Caldwell – Geographic spread of Council Housing in SHIP, Acquisitions & Disposals

“Committee

Affirms;

That council housing, as part of Edinburgh’s mixed housing, should be available and accessible to residents across all 17 City Wards.

Notes;

1.              The importance of residents being able to live in Council housing in communities of their choice, i.e., where they have local ties.

2.              The Acquisition and Disposal Programme started in 2015 reported to the June 2022 committee that 175 homes have been bought by the Council and 107 sold.

3.              Recent planned major Council housebuilding programmes are located exclusively in the Northwest and Southwest localities, with the Northeast and Southeast localities’ affordable housing projects primarily being Housing Association (HA) or Mid-Market Rents (MMR), supplemented by Private Sector Leading (PSL) under Scottish Short Secure Tenancy (SSST).

4.              That PSL, HA and MMR have a key role to play in Edinburgh’s housing mix, as does long-term Council-owned property.

Therefore requests;

5.              An Acquisition and Disposals update on the business bulletin, within 3 cycles which includes an updated figure of the disposals and acquisitions since the scheme’s inception, broken down by ward, and how disposals in these two localities are being offset by Acquisitions in the same localities.

6.              An update to efforts being made to build new Council Housing in the Northeast and Southeast localities to be included in the next Strategic Housing Investment Plan Report.”