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CHE S136 Housing Services Community Flats - Proposals for Change of Use

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That the Cabinet:

 

Approved the decision to revert six community flats that are no longer in use by tenants and residents associations back to council housing, subject to applications for planning consent being successful.

 

 

Agreed that final decisions on the future use of four community flats and a studio flat that are still in use by tenant and resident associations be made on a case by case basis, taking into account feedback from users, the availability and suitability of alternative meeting spaces, the wider housing pressures facing the borough, and the outcome of the planning decision.

 

 

Approved delegation of the final decisions on the future use of those flats still used by tenants and resident associations be delegated to the Strategic Director of Housing.

 

 

Agreed that any homes returned through this work will be let in accordance with the Council’s Lettings Policy.

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

As outlined in the report, there is a significant need to expand the stock of affordable housing in Hackney.

 

 

The ten council flats and one studio room that were originally built for housing use have been redesignated for community use for many years. Historically the flats were all managed by tenants and residents associations and used for their meetings and office space. However changing patterns of community use means that some flats (6) are no longer in use.  Where flats are still used by tenants and residents associations, there are other suitable spaces in nearby community facilities that could potentially be used instead, freeing up all the community flats for council housing (see Appendix 1).

 

With the housing crisis in the borough now leading to an urgent and growing demand for affordable housing, it is critical that we explore all possible options to maximise the range of affordable accommodation, including the potential to revert these increasingly under-used assets back to their intended purpose as homes.

Publication date: 13/12/2022

Date of decision: 12/12/2022

Decided at meeting: 12/12/2022 - Cabinet

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