Agenda item

Work programme

Meeting of Housing Management Advisory Board, Wednesday, 11th September, 2019 4.30 pm (Item 46.)

A report of the Head of Landlord Services to enable the Board to review and agree its Work Programme, together with meeting dates for 2019/20.

For information further meetings of the Board are scheduled as follows in 2019/20:

Wednesday 6th November 2019 at 4.30pm

Wednesday 15th January 2020 at 4.30pm

Wednesday 25th March 2020 at 4.30pm.

Minutes:

The Board received a report of the Head of Landlord Services to enable the Board to agree its work programme (item 7 on the agenda).

Members of the Board could identify matters that they considered required looking at over the next few meetings of the Board, including any already listed on the Work Programme but not yet scheduled. Officers present could provide advice as to whether items might be appropriately considered at the time proposed.

The Board decided to review the work programme and made some changes to the items, either removing them or scheduling them for upcoming meetings.

RESOLVED

1. That an update on the Council’s housing allocations policy be added to the Board’s work programme for its November meeting.

2. That the following items be removed from the Board’s work programme: Housing and Planning Act 2016 – Update, Review of Repairs Standards and Response Times for Repairs, Service Area Delivery Plan.

3. That the remaining items be scheduled for upcoming meetings.

4. That the Board’s work programme be updated to reflect all decisions made above and earlier in the meeting.

Reasons

1. To enable the item to be considered by the Board.

2. The items were no longer relevant or had been amalgamated into another item.

3. To ensure the items are considered in a timely manner.

4. To ensure that the information in the work programme is up to date.

MEETING DATE/ FREQUENCY	ISSUE	INFORMATION REQUIRED/ INVITEES/ OFFICERS	NOTES
SCHEDULED:
Every meeting	Work programme		To review the Board’s work programme.
Every meeting	Questions from members of the Board		Questions on matters within the remit of the Board (if any), for response at the meeting. Members will be asked in advance of the agenda being published for each meeting whether they have any such questions, for listing on the agenda.
Every meeting	Performance information – questions		See HMAB minute 14.4, 9th November 2016. To enable the Board to ask questions, if any, on the performance information pack* sent out with the agenda for the meeting. To be last item on agenda.
Every meeting	Performance information – update on universal credit and update on Fortem decent homes contract		Two updates to be included in the performance information pack.
6^th November 2019	Allocations Policy update	Head of Strategic and Private Sector Housing	Added by the Board at its meeting on 11^th September 2019.
6^th November 2019	Review of Sheltered Housing Stock	Head of Strategic and Private Sector Housing	Deferred from the September meeting due to lack of update available.
6^th November 2019	Disabled Adaptations Policy review	Head of Landlord Services	To update the Board on the implementation of the policy thus far.
6^th November 2019	Void Properties progress report and update	Head of Landlord Services	Information requested by the Board at its meeting on 12th June 2019.
6^th November 2019	2020/21 Draft Budgets (Revenue and Capital)	Head of Landlord Services	2019/20 Draft budgets were considered formally by the Board at its meeting on 7th November 2018. Annual report.
15^th January 2020	Housing Capital Programme	Head of Landlord Services	Last considered 16th October 2013.
25^th March 2020	Housing Repair Services – breakdown of complaints	Head of Landlord Services	As per six-monthly update reports considered by the Performance Scrutiny Panel. Last submitted to Board 11th September 2019.
25^th March 2020	Review of HRA Business Plan	Head of Landlord Services
25^th March 2020	Housing Asset Management Strategy	Head of Landlord Services	Review of the update the strategy.
25^th March 2020	Tenancy Policy	Head of Landlord Services	Review of the new policy will be brought to the Board once it has been published.
25^th March 2020	Pets Policy	Head of Landlord Services	Added by the Landlord Services Manager.
13^th May 2020	Election of Chair and Vice-chair		Annual Item.
15^th July 2020	HRA Revenue and Capital Outturn (2017/18)	Head of Landlord Services	Annual report.
9^th September 2020	Disabled Adaptations Policy	Head of Landlord Services	Annual report.
TO BE SCHEDULED:
To be scheduled	Housing Strategy	Head of Strategic and Private Sector Housing	Added to work programme 2nd April 2014.

Supporting documents:

HMAB 11 Sept 2019 Item 07 Work Programme, item 46. PDF 65 KB