Decision details
New nomination agreements for housing allocation scheme with multiple housing
Decision Maker: Programme Director Housing and Growth
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
• The statutory responsibility for
ensuring that suitable accommodation is available for vulnerable
and homeless households rests with council. The council is reliant
on housing associations’ support and cooperation to discharge
these duties.
• All housing authorities should operate a nominations process
in accordance with the Housing Act 1996, as amended. Government
guidance indicates that council’s should have nomination
agreements with each registered provider working in their area,
covering a range of topics including the percentage of vacant
properties available to the council, the grounds for rejecting
council nominees and how disputes will be resolved.
• Housing associations have a duty under s.170 Housing Act
1996 to cooperate with housing authorities, where the authority
requests it, to such extent as is reasonable in the circumstances
in offering accommodation to people with priority under the
authority’s allocation scheme. Similarly s.213 provides that
where a housing association has been requested by the council to
assist them in discharge of their homelessness functions under Part
7, it must also cooperate to the same extent
• Housing associations are expected to ensure that the
properties available for council housing register nominees reflect
the mix of the property type, stock and location that become vacant
in their stock.
Contact: Richard Gabb, Programme director housing and growth Email: rgabb@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432261902.
Publication date: 01/07/2020
Date of decision: 01/07/2020
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