Issue - meetings

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor agreed that:

(1) the on-going partnership work between the Council and Phoenix

Community Housing to identify housing development opportunities in the

south of the borough, and to review potential mechanisms to fund those

opportunities be noted;

(2) funding of £1.32m be provided from S106 funds to support the

development at Forster House;

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration to finalise the terms of the funding agreement;

(4) Officers review options for the longer term funding of housing

development by Phoenix Community Housing and report these back to Mayor

and Cabinet.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor, for the reasons set

out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the on-going partnership work between the Council and Phoenix

Community Housing to identify housing development opportunities in the

south of the borough, and to review potential mechanisms to fund those

opportunities be noted;

(2) funding of £1.32m be provided from S106 funds to support the

development at Forster House;

(3) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration to finalise the terms of the funding agreement;

(4) Officers review options for the longer term funding of housing

development by Phoenix Community Housing and report these back to Mayor

and Cabinet.