The Cabinet Member for Housing resolved to:

1. Approve the submission of the bid for a South & Vale Home Improvement Agency.

2. Delegate authority to the Director of Communities and People to submit the bid and enter into a contract up to a value of £1.8m in the event that the bid is successful.

3. Recommend to Council that the budget is amended to take into account the provision of the HIA service to deliver the contract.

4. Approve that the HIA assists South and Vale Council in reducing their backlog by carrying out 100 DFG cases and delegates approval to the Head of Regulatory Services & Community Safety to enter into a contract up to a value of £200k.