Decision details
Crisis and Resilience Fund: Housing Payments and Crisis Payments
Decision Maker: Executive, Council
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
From April 2026 Discretionary Housing Payments are being replaced
with Housing Payments through the Crisis and Resilience Fund. This
report presents a draft policy for Member consideration.
Council Decision via recommendation from Executive
Decision:
Agreed:
RECOMMENDED that Council:
(1) adopt the draft Crisis and Resilience Fund: Housing Payments policy; and
(2) grant delegated authority to the Strategic Director for Corporate Resources, in consultation with the Leader and the Portfolio Holder for Housing, Homelessness Prevention & Customer Services, to agree the scheme for disbursing Crisis and Resilience Fund: Crisis Payments.
Reason for Decision: As set out in the report.
Report author: Chris Buckman
Publication date: 18/03/2026
Date of decision: 17/03/2026
Decided at meeting: 17/03/2026 - Executive
Accompanying Documents:
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