Issue - meetings

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Public Protection

            RESOLVED

            That the scheme of discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant assistance detailed in the report be approved.

            REASONS

(i)         To enable the Council to sustain a robust Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy.

(ii)        To use effectively the increase in funding the Better Care Fund is providing to local authorities for home adaptations.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Public Protection reported that a West Sussex County-wide project was currently being undertaken to explore innovative new ways of delivering Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs).  As part of this project it had been agreed that a more flexible approach to the use of discretionary DFGs should be adopted in order to help and improve the health and well-being of disabled people and make more use of the additional resources available.  Approval was therefore sought to introduce a number of housing interventions to use discretionary DFGs to assist people with repairs and adaptations in their homes.

The Housing and Public Protection Policy Development Advisory Group supported the proposed approach.

            RESOLVED

            That the scheme of discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant assistance detailed in the report be approved.

            REASONS

(i)         To enable the Council to sustain a robust Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy.

(ii)        To use effectively the increase in funding the Better Care Fund is providing to local authorities for home adaptations.