Agenda item - Housing Allocations Review

22.1    An officer gave a brief overview of the Housing Allocations Review, various changes following the review in 2016 were presented such as the move to a system to 4 separate queues. It was further noted that work to house homeless people was on target and that efforts to be more proactive to ascertain what people needed within specific queues was underway.

22.2    A resident expressed concerns regarding homeless people and the treatment of Military Veterans.

22.3    Officers responded to resident’s concerns and statements with the following:

·         There were different regulations in place as social housing was scarce in the city

·         Allocation of housing for homeless people had been increased from 17% to 40%

·         BHCC were working to get rough sleepers off the street

·         A brief overview of the processes in place that addressed the issue of homeless veterans was given

22.4    RESOLVED – that the panel noted the report.