Issue - meetings
Review of the Social Housing Allocation Scheme
Meeting: 16/03/2023 - Cabinet (Item 126)
126 Review of the Social Housing Allocation Scheme 
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Report of the Corporate Director of Place and Director of Housing.
Additional documents:
- Proposed Housing Allocation Scheme, item 126
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View as DOCX (126/2) 1 MB
- Final EQIA Housing Alloc, item 126
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- Webcast for Review of the Social Housing Allocation Scheme
Minutes:
RESOLVED: That
(1) the amendment to section 4.5 of the Housing Allocation Scheme by inserting a new paragraph 4.5(i) as set out below, be approved:
“As of 1 April 2023, the Council will remove the 5-year residency requirement fornon-UK nationals with refugee status in the UK who would qualify for inclusion on the housing register but are unable to demonstrate at least 5 years' residence in Harrow or another place in the UK.”
Reason for Decision: To ensure Harrow Council’s Housing Allocation Scheme’s qualification criteria for joining the housing register was in compliance with the law and that it did not directly or indirectly discriminate any particular group of housing applicants seeking to join the housing register.