Issue - meetings

Orpington Ward

Report CS15097

The report set out proposals to use Manorfields, a former residential care home, as temporary accommodation to enable the Council to meet its statutory housing duties. This was an invest to save proposal to mitigate the cost to the Council of using nightly paid accommodation. 

A similar proposal had been implemented at Bellegrove in November 2013; this scheme had been well-maintained and managed, and was now delivering the predicted savings. With the Bellegrove scheme the ward councillors had been closely involved, and it was suggested that this would be important for the success of the Manorfields proposals.

Officers were confident that the refurbishment costs were accurate; Orchard and Shipman would be overseeing the refurbishment process, and a small contingency had been built in.

RESOLVED that the recommendations to the Executive regarding the use of Manorfields as temporary accommodation to meet the Council’s statutory obligations under homelessness legislation be supported.