Issue - meetings

The Board received a report that set out end of performance against Local Area Agreement (LAA) targets within its responsibility.

It was noted that NI 154, which related to the net number of additional new homes provided during the year, was showing as Red at present; this was due to the way information was reported. At present the total number of new additional new homes delivered during 2009/10 would not be formally measured until the early August; however, it was anticipated that the target for 2009/10 would be met. 

Performance against NI 155, which related to the number of affordable homes delivered during 2009/10, had been affected on by the economic downturn and the impact upon the building industry and given this it was unlikely that this target would be met.

The Board was advised that NI 187 (i), which related to the percentage of people receiving income based Benefits living in homes with low energy efficiency, was incorrectly listed as being Green and that this target had not been missed by ? at the end of 2009/10. 

The remainder of the LAA targets within the Board’s responsibility had been met.

The Board discussed communications between the Local Authority and Housing Associations with respect to nominations and lettings and it was noted that the Housing Associations Lettings Forum provided had played a key role in resolving issues that had previously caused delays in information being passed on. It was agreed that Family Mosaic and the Strategic Housing Service should discuss specific cases in more detail outside the meeting and that Family Mosaic would ensure that a representative was present at future meetings of the Housing Associations Lettings Forum.

There was discussion around how information with respect to lettings was recorded and it was noted that the external body, TSA, operated on a national level and recorded a range of information regarding lettings. Housing Associations were required to submit certain ‘Core’ data sets to the TSA on a continuous basis in order to provide central Government and Local Authorities with information to monitor performance and inform policy.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.