Agenda and decisions

To take any questions or statements from members of the Public.

To receive declarations of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or other registrable or non-registrable interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the minutes of the special meeting of the Committee held on 25^th February 2026, the meeting held on 5^th March 2026, and the special meeting held on 9^th June 2026 (all attached) and to authorise the Chair to sign them.

The Council continues to incur significant financial outlay on temporary accommodation costs to meet its homelessness obligations under the Housing Act 1996 and Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, and the level of expenditure is set to significantly exceed the budget set for 2026/27. This report sets out the actions taken to minimise homelessness expenditure and identifies the funding which will be utilised to cover the additional expenditure for 2026/27.

The Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Note the priority actions points which have been taken to manage homelessness over the past 6 months.

(2)          Note the use of the Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse Grant, the recently announced Rough Sleeper Programme funding and a 4% inflationary uplift in the nightly paid budget, to meet the increase in expenditure, during 2026/27, to enable the Council to meet its duties under the Housing Act 1996 and Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

To report to the committee one decision taken by the Director of Environment, Housing and Regeneration on the grounds of urgency, in compliance with the requirements of the Constitution.

The Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Note the urgent decision and the reason for that decision.