Issue - meetings

[To approve proposals to revise the Council Tax Support Scheme 2021/2022 subject to consultation]

That the proposals to revise the Council Tax Support Scheme for 2021-2022 as outlined in the report, be approved subject to consultation with the West Midlands Combined Authority and the Fire and Police precepting bodies.

Councillor Ian Brookfield presented the report on a proposal to revise the local Council Tax Support Scheme, subject to consultation with the West Midlands Combined Authority and the Fire and Police precepting bodies. Although the scheme was discretionary, it was something the Council had continued to provide for over the years. The proposed changes would allow claimants who are living in temporary accommodation, where the Council had made the accommodation available to the renter, to have an award of council tax support from the start of their accommodation regardless of the date of application.  It was also proposed to bring forward the date a council tax support claim is paid, to Universal Credit claimants, to the date of their Universal claim. These changes would provide benefits to the claimants and reduce the administrative demands on the Council.

Resolved:

That the proposals to revise the Council Tax Support Scheme for 2021-2022 as outlined in the report, be approved subject to consultation with the West Midlands Combined Authority and the Fire and Police precepting bodies.