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Housing Support Services to Vulnerable People – Migration update

 

 

Meeting: 27/06/2023 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills) (Item 7)

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Report of the Assistant Director of People (Communities)

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Director of People (Communities) that updated on the recent changes to migration related schemes following the final report of the Housing Support Services to Vulnerable People Working Group that was approved by this Committee in September 2022.

 

The report provided information on the undermentioned different migration related programmes that had been introduced to support refugee and asylum seeker populations:

 

·       Local Authority Housing Fund

·       Caseworker and relocation support funding

·       Find your own accommodation (FYOA) pathway

·       Flexible Housing Fund

·       Exceptional costs

·       Homelessness Assistance Fixed Tariff

·       Temporary Integration Tariff

·       Homes for Ukraine

 

Members of the Committee praised the work of officers providing support to the migration related programmes and particularly relating to the Homes for Ukraine programme.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

the report updating on the recent changes to migration related schemes be noted; and

 

(2)

reports on any future changes to migration related schemes be submitted to the Committee.