Decision details

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FOR ITEM:

None

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves the adoption of the draft Tenancy Strategy to come into effect from 4 November 2025.

2.    Delegate authority to the Director of Housing in consultation with the Cabinet member for Housing and Planning to make any future modifications to this strategy required by changes to legal or regulatory requirements arising in the four-year period before the strategy is due for review.

Reasons for decision:

A Strategy setting out the Council’s expectations for Registered Providers (RP’s) of Social Housing in the borough is important for providing guidance and support to RP’s on a range of issues:

•         in letting social housing

•         developing housing policies

•         and supporting residents to live independently and sustain their tenancies.

Haringey’s current Tenancy Strategy ran from 2014 – 2016. A new Tenancy Strategy was required.

Alternative options considered

Do nothing. The Council could not have continued with an out-of-date tenancy strategy. This option was rejected because it would not meet the Council’s needs or those of its tenants. Introducing this new strategy will allow the Council to meet its obligations under the Localism Act 2011.