Decision - Future options for the Management of Temporary Accommodation

Brighton and Hove Policy & Resources Committee Decided 27 Feb 2023 approved GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Policy & Resources Committee

Report author

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Published

28 Feb 2023

Reference

6870

As published

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RESOLVED: That the Housing Committee: 2.1 Recommends that the Policy & Resources Committee agrees that the Council should seek to end the current Local Delivery Vehicle arrangement in order to bring the temporary accommodation currently leased to Seaside Homes back into Council control. 2.2 Recommends that the Policy & Resources Committee grants delegated authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to commence tripartite discussions and undertake the due diligence required for the Committee to make a final decision as soon as practicably possible. That Policy & Resources Committee: 2.3 Agrees that the Council should seek to end the current Local Delivery Vehicle arrangements and bring the temporary accommodation currently leased to Seaside Homes back into Council control. 2.4 Grants delegated authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to commence the tripartite discussions and undertake the due diligence required for the Committee to make a final decision as soon as practicably possible.

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The report reviewed options for managing temporary accommodation currently leased to Seaside Homes, including the financial and governance risks of the existing arrangement. It identified ending the arrangement and bringing the 499 properties back under direct council control as the preferred option, subject to further due diligence and negotiations.

Recommendation

End the current Local Delivery Vehicle arrangements and bring the temporary accommodation currently leased to Seaside Homes back into Council control. Grant delegated authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to commence tripartite discussions with Santander and Seaside Homes and undertake the required due diligence before a final decision.

Financial impact

The existing arrangement had a £2.3m top-up debtor owed to the council as at 31 March 2022. Estimated refinancing costs for options 3 to 5 were £43.7m to £46.2m; options 4a and 4b were estimated to produce annual cash surpluses of £50,000 and £300,000 respectively.

Ward affected

city-wide

Decision maker

Housing Committee and Policy & Resources Committee

Date in document

27 Feb 2023

Stakeholders named

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Temporary accommodation householdsHomeless households and people owed a housing dutySeaside Homes tenantsBrighton & Hove City CouncilSeaside HomesSantander BankCouncil and tenant representatives

Next steps

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Commence tripartite discussions with Santander and Seaside Homes.
Undertake legal, financial and other due diligence.
Bring a final preferred option back to the Committee for decision as soon as practicably possible.

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