Issue - meetings

[Change to the current criteria to include qualifying applicants from the private rented sector to help address fuel poverty in the private rented sector and compliment the aims and objectives of CWC’s Rent with Confidence Scheme, to clarify the criteria and bring it inline with NICE guidlines.]

1. That the changes to the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria to refine the health conditions to complement NICE guidelines https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng6, with some minor alterations to take into account local needs as set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

2.That the changes to the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria to include applications from the private rented sector within the City, subject to specific conditions as set out in appendices 3 and 4 to the report, be approved.

3. That the changes to the wording of the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria be approved for the purpose of clarification and to ensure that the Councils outcomes are met.

Councillor Peter Bilson presented the report to seek approval to change the criteria for the Affordable Warmth Grant Assistance to refine the qualifying health criteria to complement National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, to extend the service to include applications from the private rented sector within the City and to clarify the wording of the qualifying criteria with regards to income to ensure that it would be inclusive of the target groups. The proposed amendments to the Affordable Warmth approval criteria could be accommodated within the existing capital allocation.

Resolved:

1. That the changes to the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria to refine the health conditions to complement NICE guidelines https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng6, with some minor alterations to take into account local needs as set out in Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

2.That the changes to the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria to include applications from the private rented sector within the City, subject to specific conditions as set out in appendices 3 and 4 to the report, be approved.

3. That the changes to the wording of the Affordable Warmth Grant Criteria be approved for the purpose of clarification and to ensure that the Councils outcomes are met.