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Housing Revenue Account New General Needs Housing Stock (Housing Buy-Back Scheme) 2022/23 - RELEASE NO: 5 - PART II
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Executive Decision Notice – 24 January 2023 Page 1
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE DECISION NOTICE
PUBLISHED BY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that the following decision(s) have been made today by Cabinet
Members at the London Borough of Hillingdon:
Title of decision
Housing Revenue Account New General Needs Housing Stock
(Housing Buy-Back Scheme) 2022/23 - RELEASE NO: 5
Reference No. 671
Date of decision Tuesday 24 January 2023
Call-in expiry date Tuesday 31 January 2023
Relevant Select
Committee
Property, Highways & Transport Select Committee
Relevant Wards Colham & Cowley, Hayes Town, Belmore, Uxbridge, Hillingdon East,
Wood End, Heathrow Villages, Ruislip Manor and Ruislip
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Martin Goddard – Cabinet Member for Finance
Councillor Jonathan Bianco – Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Approved
That the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Cabinet
Member for Property, Highways & Transport:
1. Agreed to the following capital release requests of
£3,661k from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
“Acquisitions 1st 20 units each year” budget for the
funding of the purchase and repair of seven
properties, as detailed in the report (Appendix A).
2. Agreed to the following capital release requests of
£301k from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
“Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme”
budget for the funding of the purchase and repair of
two ex-Right-to-Buy properties, as detailed in the
report (Appendix A); and,
3. A greed to the following capital release requests of
£1,307k from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
“Right-To-Buyback Fund” budget for the funding of
the purchase and repair of four ex-Right-to-Buy
properties, as detailed in the report (Appendix A).
Reason for decision In January 2015, Cabinet approved the implementation of a buy-back
scheme for ex -Council properties. The scheme was approved to
deliver benefits to local residents in terms of improved housing
provision in the Borough.
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Alternative options
considered and
rejected
The alternative option is to not buy back the properties, with the
vendors selling them privately on the open market. This would not
assist the Council in increasing the supply of social housing in the
Borough, in meeting the one- for-one replacement commitment, or in
utilising time -
limited RTB receipts. Alternatively, the Council could
offer lower purchase prices to the vendors. However, the Council is in
competition with private buyers for these properties, with no leverage
to compel the vendors to accept below -market prices, and the prices
offered in this report have already been accepted by the vendors.
Classification Part 2 – Members’ Only and Not for Publication
Link to associated
report
That this report be declared as exempt from publication as it involves
the disclosure of information in accordance with Section 100(A) and
paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) to the Local Government Act
1972 (as amended), in that the report contains information relating to
the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the
authority holding that information) and that the public interest in
withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing
it.
Relevant Officer
contact & Directorate
Ben Sargent - Place Directorate
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Implementation of decision & scrutiny call-in
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When can this
decision be
implemented by
officers?
Officers can implement Cabinet Member decision in this notice only
from the expiry of the scrutiny call-in period which is:
5pm on Tuesday 31 January 2023
However, this is subject to the decision not being called in by
Councillors on the relevant Select Committee. Upon receipt of a valid
call-in request, Democratic Services will immediately advise the
relevant officer(s) and the decision must then be put on hold.
Councillor scrutiny
call-in of this
decision
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of the scrutiny call-in period above.
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Further information These decisions, where applicable, have been taken under The Local
Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to
Information) (England) Regulations 2012.
This is the formal notice by the Council of the above executive
decision, including links to the reports where applicable.
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