To award a contract to provide support to people who have recently experienced homelessness. Support will be provided in a mix of self-contained and HMO accommodation within the private rented sector.

To award a contract to Response to provide support services in the Settled Oxfordshire project, which is a project to provide supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness. The value of the contract is £542,850.

A joint bid was made to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Rough Sleeping Accommodation programme by the City Council, Response and Resonance (a social investment company) to fund a programme of property acquisition to accommodate people recovering from homelessness. This decision deals with the award of a support contract for Response, who will be supporting people to move towards independent living.

The option not to award the contract was rejected, as this would not allow the support for vulnerable people to be provided.

Decision taken by Stephen Gabriel, Executive Director (Communities & People) in consultation with Susan Sale, Head of Law and Governance; Nigel Kennedy, Head of Financial Services and Councillor Linda Smith, Cabinet Member for Housing.