Decision details

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Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

A proposal to create a holistic help and support service for residents in the District facing issues with their finances, debt as well as suffering the impacts of the increased cost of living.

Decision:

*RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

 

1.     The proposal to create a help and support service for residents facing cumulative problems of financial, debt and other cost of living issues, run as a 2-year pilot with a review built in 6 months after going live and subject to on-going and final evaluation. 

2.     That £300,000 to come from the General Fund Reserves for staffing and operational costs for up to 2 years.

3.     That the further detail including allocation of funding to the various elements of the proposal is delegated to the Divisional Manager Housing, Revenues and Benefits in consultation with the Director of Housing and Communities and Cabinet Members set out in section 1 above.

 

Report author: Mrs Marlene Rogers

Publication date: 07/07/2022

Date of decision: 05/07/2022

Decided at meeting: 05/07/2022 - Cabinet

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