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Report CS15087

Report CS15087 set out proposals to use Manorfields, a former residential care home, as temporary accommodation to enable the Council to meet its statutory housing duties, and to assist towards mitigating the significant cost incurred by increased use of nightly paid accommodation.

A similar proposal implemented at Bellegrove in November 2013 had been well-maintained and managed, and was now delivering predicted savings.

RESOLVED that:

(1) use of Manorfields as temporary accommodation to meet the Council’s statutory housing obligations under the homelessness legislation be approved;

(2) capital funding requirements of £563k for refurbishment and associated fees to bring Manorfields to a suitable standard for the purpose at (1) above be approved and met from the Council’s Central Contingency Sum for Homelessness; and

(3) use of Orchard and Shipman to oversee the project through the planning and refurbishment process, and then to lease and manage Manorfields as temporary accommodation under the existing leasing and temporary accommodation management scheme agreed in December 2010, be approved.