Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial).

The Head of Assets and Building Control presented the Housing Stock Compliance Report. The report set out the progress that had been made towards creating a reliable compliance management and reporting framework; establishing accurate raw data and reporting performance based on the verified data.

Members were advised that the council had verified the LGSR data and, subject to one property for which the council was taking enforcement action to gain access to, was compliant.  

In terms of EICR performance, this had improved from 22% to 46.45% compliance. The data on the Strategic Asset Maintenance (SAM) database had been matched against the CORGI database and the addition of non-CORGI data was part of the process of ensuring all data was eventually held on the SAM database.

The asbestos data had not yet been verified and the focus was on communal areas where the council had a duty to manage asbestos. The secondary work to be undertaken was to develop an understanding of the asbestos risks across the council’s properties.

The Committee thanked the Head of Assets and Building Control for the excellent work being undertaken in respect of housing stock compliance.

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial).

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Housing and Health

It was agreed:

(a)   That the contents of the report, which relates to statutory health and safety compliance matters associated with managing the housing stock, as well as the actions being taken to verify the accuracy of compliance data, be noted. 

(b)   That the adoption of a single set of compliance performance data which will be reported to each body that has oversight of compliancy be approved.

(c)   That the relevant performance data are the latest data set reported to the Regulator for Social Housing.