Agenda and minutes
Contact: Fiona Rae, Acting Committees Manager 3541, Email: fiona.rae@haringey.gov.uk
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Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: None |
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Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: None |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Interim Head of Legal Services introduced the report, which noted that the housing management agreement with Homes for Haringey would be terminated by midnight and housing services would be insourced and delivered by the Council on the 1st of June.
The report took forward agreement of Homes for Haringey to exist in a very modified format and to fulfil ongoing management of property leases held directly by HfH and used to provide homeless accommodation.
It was noted that HfH is a company limited by guarantee and the Council is the owner and sole Member of HfH. As such, it was for the Council to authorise adoption of a new Member’s Agreement, Articles of Association and appointment of new Directors so that HfH would operate from 1 June 2022 with a new remit as outlined in the report. It was clarified that the new directors were essentially Council officers with responsibilities for Housing and Finance.
The Leader further noted that since the Cabinet report was approved on 7 December 2021 to insource Homes for Haringey, there was number of legacy issues, which would need to be resolved after 1 June 2022. In order to meet this objective, the report also recommended that the Leader approved HfH’s ability to continue to provide housing services to the Council as required. In addition to future-proofing HfH, the outlined recommendations also enabled HfH to continue as the counter-party to contracts with third parties, the benefit of which would be for the Council, whilst action was taken to terminate, assign or novate these contracts as required.
The Leader, acting on behalf of the Council in its role as owner and sole Member of HfH:
RESOLVED
a. to provide private sector leases to the Council for the provision of short term tenancies; b. to provide housing services to the Council; c. such other matters as notified by the Council in writing.
Reasons for decision
In accordance with the decision of Cabinet on 7 December ... view the full minutes text for item 12. |