Issue details

To enter into a lease of 50 new houses to be used by PCC for temporary accommodation for the homeless – KEY/23DEC19/01

PCC have been investigating ways in which the numbers of leasehold properties used to accommodate the homeless could be increased due the significant costs of B & B which costs the Council £386 per room per week. There is a programme of finding property to lease on the basis of 5 year leases at local housing allowance rates which is ongoing, however the supply is relatively limited. An opportunity has arisen to ‘bulk lease’ fifty properties for a period of 20 years (subject to a break option after ten years) which would substantially increase the supply of accommodation in a relatively short timeframe.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure or savings greater than £500,000;

Decision status: Abandoned

Wards affected: Dogsthorpe; Gunthorpe;

Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/11/2019

Decision due: March 2020 by Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Commercial Strategy and Investments

Lead member: Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Commercial Strategy and Investments

Lead director: Executive Director Corporate Services

Department: Corporate Services

Contact: Tristram Hill, Strategic Asset Manager Tristram Hill, Strategic Asset Manager, Tel: 07849 079787 Email:  tristram.hill@nps.co.uk  tristram.hill@peterborough.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Relevant internal and external stakeholders

Relevant Scrutiny Committee: Adults and Communities Scrutiny Committee