Decision details
LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL REDEVELOPMENT OF DECOMMISSIONED HOSTELS AND HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Decision Maker: Assistant City Mayor - Housing
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To covert three former hostels and a house in multiple occupation (129 Loughborough Road, 31-35 Lower Hastings Street, 102-104 Myrtle Road and 17 Seymour Street) into 20 units of affordable housing to be let to people on the housing register.
Decision:
1) To approve the scheme to convert three former hostels and one former house in multiple occupation into 20 units of affordable housing, that will be let to people on the housing register.
2) To approve the release of £1.3m from the Affordable Housing Programme Policy Provision, within the Housing Revenue Account capital programme.
3) To add the scheme to the capital programme in the sum of £2.13m.
Reasons for the decision:
Lower Hastings Street, Loughborough Road and Myrtle Road were hostels that have now been decommissioned. The refurbishments will help to replace housing that has been previously lost due the Right to Buy scheme.
Alternative options:
None applicable.
Publication date: 04/01/2017
Date of decision: 13/01/2017
Effective from: 21/01/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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