Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report describing changes to the eligibility criteria for accessing housing and homelessness support that were made as a result of delegated powers to the Chief Executive, during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The report explained the impact and implications of the changes in eligibility and discussed the arrangements going forward.  Members agreed, taking into account the placement of Halton into Tier 3 and the subsequent national lockdown, and with the onset of winter, that Halton should adopt a similar approach as the LCR and continue with the wider eligibility of access to homelessness support, thus protecting the most vulnerable from the illness.   

A review of the eligibility criteria would take place at the end of the financial year.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1)    notes the contents of the report; and

2)    agrees to continue with the current approach to determining homelessness eligibility, subject to a review towards the end of the financial year.