Decision Maker: Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To consider the officer response to
recommendations of the Preferred Registered Providers Task and
Finish Group.
RESOLVED that the Executive:
1) Approved the Officers’ responses to the Recommendations of the Preferred
Registered Providers Task and Finish Group, set out in subsection 1.6 of the
report;
2) Noted the report of the Preferred Registered Providers Task and Finish Group, contained as Annex A to the report.
REASON FOR DECISION
The Preferred Registered Providers Task and Finish Group was established by the Community and Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee at their meeting on 25 May 2022. The Group has met on 7 occasions and has engaged with a range of stakeholders including the Executive Member for Housing, tenants of social housing, the Association of Retained Council Housing, and the Tenant and Landlord Improvement Panel. The Group surveyed tenants of Preferred Registered Providers (PRPs), and
received over 165 responses which helped to provide a snapshot of the concerns and issues of our residents.
The report and Recommendations of the Preferred Registered Providers Task and Finish Group were presented to the Community and Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 6 March 2023, and the Committee resolved that the Group’s 12 Recommendations to the Executive, as amended, be approved.
Wards Affected: None Specific;
Reference Number: WBC 1340
Other reasons / organisations consulted
The Task and Finish Group met experts in the
field, the Executive Member, officers, and conducted a survey to
tenants of Housing Associations operating in the Borough.
Consultees
Scrutiny report and officer response to
recommendations.
Contact: Frances Haywood Email: frances.haywood@wokingham.gov.uk Tel: 0118 974 6859, Callum Wernham Email: callum.wernham@wokingham.gov.uk.
Report author: Frances Haywood
Publication date: 22/03/2023
Date of decision: 21/03/2023
Decided at meeting: 21/03/2023 - Executive
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