Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To approve an update to the policy required to
deal with situations arising from former secure tenants who have
exercised their Right to Buy.
1.
That the set of criteria as set out at paragraph 3.3 of the report
be adopted when considering an application to purchase a former
Right to Buy property was received by the Council.
2. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member of City Assets and Housing, in consultation with the Service Director City Housing, for agreeing the buy back of a former Right to Buy property as set out at paragraph 3.7 of the report.
3. That authority be delegated to the Service Director City Housing
for refusing applications to buy back former Right to Buy
properties as set out at paragraph 3.7 of the report.
4.
That the use of discretion to waive some or all of the repayment of
Right to Buy Discount when a former Right to Buy property is sold
on within five years in the exceptional circumstances set out in
paragraph 4.4 of the report be approved.
5.
That the use of the ‘Request to Waive Repayment of Discount
Awarded Under The Right to Buy Scheme’ form at appendix 1 to
assist in the collation of evidence to prove exceptional
circumstances and minimise the risk of abuse and the risk of fraud
as set out at paragraph 4.8 of the report be approved.
6.
That as per paragraph 5.6 of the report, the Council charging
professional fees to cover both legal and valuation work required
when served with a notice to extend the lease of a former Right to
Buy property be approved.
7. That as per paragraph 6.7 of the report, the Council charging professional fees to cover both legal and valuation work required when served with a notice for the collective purchase of the freehold of a block of flats, where the Council currently holds the freehold be approved.
Report author: Mila Simpson
Publication date: 12/07/2018
Date of decision: 11/07/2018
Decided at meeting: 11/07/2018 - Cabinet
Effective from: 18/07/2018
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