Meeting documents

PRESENT: Councillor Cadd (Chairman);  Councillors Mrs Pearce and Mrs Willetts.

RESOLVED -

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the Paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act:-

Rehousing for persons occupying a property without a tenancy.  (Paragraph 3).

Housing transfer application.  (Paragraph 3).

The Committee considered the circumstances of an applicant who wished to be granted the secure tenancy of the property previously occupied by his late mother.  The applicant's sister was also currently resident in the property.  The applicant was not automatically entitled to succeed to the tenancy as he had not lived with his mother for a continuous period of 12 months ending with her death.  The applicant was present at the meeting.

The Director of Housing, Health and Leisure presented her report and Members and the applicant had an opportunity to ask questions.  The applicant then presented his case and responded to questions from Members and the Director of Housing, Health and Leisure.

After careful consideration of all the information before them, it was

RESOLVED -

That action to repossess the property in question be continued and that the applicant and his sister be rehoused through the Housing Register, with no priority being given over other applicants.

Consideration was given to the circumstances of tenants currently living in a specially adapted property in Wendover, who wished to be granted the tenancy of a similarly adapted property in Aylesbury.  The tenants' son was severely disabled and now wheelchair bound.  As a consequence it was extremely difficult to arrange support from relatives, who lived in Aylesbury.  The tenancy in Wendover had been accepted originally because this was at the time, the only adapted property available.  Although on the priority transfer list, it would be some considerable time before a property with the necessary adaptations would become available in Aylesbury.

The tenants, accompanied by one of the local Ward Members attended and presented their case, after which Committee Members and the Director of Housing, Health and Leisure had an opportunity to ask questions.  Similarly, Members and the applicants had an opportunity to ask questions of the Director after she had presented her report.

Having given careful consideration to all the information presented in this case, it was

RESOLVED -

That the tenants be granted a priority transfer to an unadapted property in Aylesbury which could be made suitable at a cost not exceeding £3,000 or the cost of providing a level access shower, whichever was the greater.