Decision details

Received a report outlining the progress made and resource implications to deliver the Tenancy Audit, which is being conducted to ensure the true identity of council tenants and to check whether they are keeping to the terms of the tenancy.  A pilot exercise has showed that unauthorised occupants occupied a number of properties.

Agreed, in order to ensure that legal tenants are occupying the allocated property and are complying with the conditions of the tenancy, that:

1. A rolling 10% Tenancy Audit be carried out at a cost of £67,768 per annum which can be met from existing budgets;

2. A Report be submitted to the Executive in April 2004 to evaluate the success and cost effectiveness of the project; and

3. A report be submitted to the Executive to explore the potential for other Council officers to carry out identity checks, during the normal course of their duties.