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(Report of the Monitoring Officer – To be introduced by the Leader): This report proposes that the London Housing Consortium (LHC) should be formally established under the Local Government Act 1972 as a Joint Committee comprising the London Borough of Haringey.

Cabinet considered a report seeking approval that the London Borough of Haringey should continue to be a member of the London Housing Consortium (LHC) and the establishment of a Joint Committee in conjunction with other participating Local Authorities that had also resolved to become members.

RESOLVED:

1. That the London Borough of Haringey should continue to be a member of the London Housing Consortium (LHC).

2. That pursuant to section 101 (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), a Joint Committee be established to effect the governance and management of the LHC, comprising of the London Borough of Haringey jointly with one or more of the other ten participating Local Authorities that also resolve to become members.

3. That the Joint Committee be authorised to exercise the Council’s executive functions in relation to the LHC.

4. That Councillor John Bevan, Cabinet Member for Housing, be appointed as the Council’s representative on the Joint Committee for the remainder of the current Municipal Year.

5. That the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Head of Legal Services, be authorised to agree a Constitution for the Joint Committee based on the draft constitution set out in Appendix 1 of the report and any subsequent variations.

6. That other options for the legal framework and governance structure of the LHC be explored and that a further report, detailing the options, should be submitted to a future meeting of Cabinet for its consideration.