Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

10.

Apologies for absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

None

11.

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

12.

Council as owner of Homes for Haringey to approve Special Resolution, new Articles of Association, Member's Agreement and appointment of new Directors - Non key decision pdf icon PDF 447 KB

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

 

  1. To approve the Member’s Agreement (Appendix C to this Report), which shall apply to HfH with effect from 1 June 2022.

 

  1. To approve the Articles of Association (Appendix B to this Report), which shall apply to HfH with effect from 1 June 2022.

 

  1. To appoint Robbie Erbmann, Josephine Lyseight and Judith Page as Directors of HfH with effect from 00.01am on 1 June 2022.

 

  1. To approve the Special Resolution (Appendix A to this Report) to adopt new Articles of Association, enter the Members Agreement and appoint new Directors in accordance with Recommendations 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4.

 

  1. To approve that with effect from 1 June 2022, the remit and objectives of HfH shall be:

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.

 

  1. To delegate authority to the Chief Executive of the Council, in consultation with the Leader and the Lead Member for Housing Services, Private Renters and Planning, to exercise the role of the Council as sole member of HfH in relation to the future appointment and / or removal of Directors of HfH.

 

Reasons for decision

 

In accordance with the decision of Cabinet on 7 December  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.