Issue - meetings

To consider the community led housing grant criteria.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve the awarding of small grants to groups for Community Led Housing projects from grant funding received from the Governments Community Housing Fund

2)    Grant authority to the Director - Public Services in consultation with the Housing Portfolio Holder to determine the eligibility criteria and to allocate grants to groups

Members considered the report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing seeking authority to establish a scheme to award small grants for community led housing projects out of a residual budget of £25,000 from funding provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Members discussed that it was important for the Council to look into drumming up interest in the scheme.

The Chief Executive said mention of the scheme could be made at the Local Councils’ Liaison Forum the following week.

RESOLVED to:

1)    approve the awarding of small grants to groups for Community Led Housing (CLH) projects from grant funding received from the Governments Community Housing Fund

2)    grant authority to the Director of Public Services in consultation with the Housing Portfolio Holder to determine the eligibility criteria and to allocate grants to groups.