Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration)

Stockport Homes was established as an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO) in 2005 to manage the housing stock owned by Stockport Council.  This was a ten year agreement which is due to come to an end in October 2015. Although the ALMO has delivered its objectives and demonstrated excellence and value for money, now that the current agreement is due to end it is good practice for the Council to carry out a full review of the management arrangements for the Council Housing stock to determine the best option for the future.  

This is the third of three report presented to the Executive in relation to the options appraisal of the future management of Council owned housing in the Borough. The process methodology and project plan were approved at the Council Executive meeting on the 17th of December 2013 and a further report discounting the options to sell the stock to another organisation and outlining customer consultation proposals and an assessment process was approved on the 15 July 2014. This report documents the outcomes of the customer consultation and assessment process and makes the recommendation that the Council renews its management agreement.

The Executive is recommended to:-

·         to note the content of the report;

·         approve the outcome of the customer consultation and assessment process, and that a further management agreement should be offered to Stockport Homes.

Officer contact: Andy Kippax, 0161 474 4319, andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive to consider the outcome of the options appraisal for the future management of the Council’s housing stock. The Executive previously approved the process methodology and project plan on the 17 December 2013 and further refined the options on 15 July 2014. This report set out the outcomes of the customer consultation and assessment process. The recommendation to the Executive, based on the assessment process, was to enter a further management agreement with Stockport Homes Ltd.

The Executive Councillor emphasised that although the recommendation was for a further management agreement with Stockport Homes, the detail of this agreement would be subject to a further review to ensure it best met the needs of the borough.

RESOLVED – That the outcome of the Housing Options Appraisal customer consultation and assessment process be noted and the approval be given to offering a further management agreement to Stockport Homes Ltd for the management of the Council’s housing stock.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

The report is the third of three papers presented to the Scrutiny Committee in relation to the options appraisal of the future management of Council owned housing in the Borough.

This report documents the outcomes of the customer consultation and assessment process and makes the recommendation that the Council renews its management agreement.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to note the report and comment on the customer consultation and opinions; the assessment process and outcomes, and the recommendation that a further management agreement should be offered to Stockport Homes.

Officer contact: Andy Kippax on 474 4319 or email: andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the outcomes of a customer consultation and assessment process undertaken in respect of the future management of Council owned housing in the Borough which had been undertaken in connection with the housing options appraisal.

The Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration) attended the meeting to answer councillors’ questions.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Executive be recommended give approval to the award of a further management agreement to Stockport Homes Ltd in respect of the management of Council owned housing in the Borough.

(2) That further to the previous request of the Scrutiny Committee on 15 September 2014, the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services be recommended to submit a report to the next meeting of the Scrutiny Committee in relation to affordable housing with specific reference to the number of homes that had been built and the number that were under development or were proposed.