Decision details

That (A) the comments of Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee be received;

(B)     the proposal that East Herts Council becomes a partner in the Hertfordshire Home Improvement Agency (HIA) be approved;

(C)    using the Council’s revenue and capital budgets allocated to processing and paying for Disabled Facilities Grants for 2017/18 onwards to fund East Herts’ contributions to the shared Home Improvement Service be approved;

(D)    the Head of Housing and Health be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing, to contribute to and agree the detailed arrangements to establish the HIA; and

(E)     the Head of Housing and Health be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing, to amend the Council’s Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy to accommodate the new arrangements.