At its meeting on 13 April 2022, Cabinet resolved to:

1.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Development,in consultation with the Executive Director for Communities and People; the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery; the Head of Financial Services/ Section 151 Officer; and the Head of Law and Governance,to approve and facilitate the sale of the council owned site, to facilitate the OCHL development and the subsequent acquisition of affordable dwellings by the HRA, within this project approval for Mill Lane, Marston;

2.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Communities and People,in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Affordable Housing, Housing Security and Housing the Homeless; the Head of Financial Services/ Section 151 Officer; and the Head of Law and Governance,to enter into agreements and facilitate the agreed purchase by the HRA of all the affordable housing units from OCHLwithin this project approval, for Mill Lane, Marston and the extensions;

3.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Delivery; the Head of Financial Services/Section 151 Officer; and the Council’s Monitoring Officer, to enter into funding and other necessary agreements for the purpose of delivery affordable housing through the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal programme, within identified budgets, for the Gibbs Crescent scheme listed in the report;

4.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Communities and People,in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Affordable Housing, Housing Security and Housing the Homeless; the Head of Financial Services/Section 151 Officer; and the Council’s Monitoring Officer, to enter into funding and other necessary agreements for the purpose of delivery of affordable housing with Homes England;

5.      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Communities and People,in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Affordable Housing, Housing Security and Housing the Homeless; the Head of Financial Services/ Section 151 Officer; and the Head of Law and Governance,to enter into agreement and facilitate the agreed purchase by the HRA of the affordable housing units, from OCHL, referenced at paragraphs 16 to 20 of this report, at a cost that exceeds the usual financial parameters for the HRA in respect of the 5 properties listed in Table 3, within further information provided in the confidential Appendix 2, to ensure units remain at Social Rent, within overall budget envelopes for affordable housing buy-backs.

To authorise the purchase, by way of transfer, of the completed property and refurbished home at 74 and 74a Foxwell Drive, resulting from the Oxford City Housing Development Ltd Extensions Programme, for a total of £700,000.

Cabinet, on 8 February 2023,  in relation to the Allocation of Preventing Homelessness Grant 2023/24, resolved to:

3. Delegate to the Executive Director (Communities and People), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, the discretion to revise the intended within the overall budget if required.

To award LEAF £3,640 to support their Community Health initiative in respect of rough sleepers in Oxford. The funding will contribute to the costs of the Community Health Champion who leads this work.

Cabinet, on 19 April 2023, resolved to:

1.        Approve the Council becoming part of the Local Authority Housing Fund in order to deliver 6 new affordable homes;

2.        Recommend to Council the allocation of a £2,330,320 capital budget from the Housing Revenue Account for the Council’s investment to purchase the properties as part of Local Authority Housing Fund; and

3.        Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Communities & People) in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing; the Head of Financial Services/Section 151 Officer; and the Head of Law and Governance/Monitoring Officer, to enter into agreements and contracts to facilitate the purchase by the Council of housing (to be held in the HRA) within the identified budget and within the project approval.

Council, on 17 May 2023, resolved to approve the allocation of a £2,330,320 capital budget from the Housing Revenue Account for the Council’s investment to purchase properties as part of the Local Authority Housing Fund.

To purchase a two-bedroom flat at 49 Leiden Road, Headington for the sum of £215,000 to let as an Affordable Housing property through the Local Authority Housing Fund.

Cabinet, on 19 April 2023, resolved to:

1.       Approve the Council becoming part of the Local Authority Housing Fund in order to deliver 6 new affordable homes;

2.       Recommend to Council the allocation of a £2,330,320 capital budget from the Housing Revenue Account for the Council’s investment to purchase the properties as part of Local Authority Housing Fund; and

3.       Delegate authority to the Executive Director (Communities & People) in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing; the Head of Financial Services/Section 151 Officer; and the Head of Law and Governance/Monitoring Officer, to enter into agreements and contracts to facilitate the purchase by the Council of housing (to be held in the HRA) within the identified budget and within the project approval.

Council, on 17 May 2023, resolved to approve the allocation of a £2,330,320 capital budget from the Housing Revenue Account for the Council’s investment to purchase properties as part of the Local Authority Housing Fund.

To purchase a two-bedroom flat at 17 Blay Close for the sum of £195,000 to let as an Affordable Housing property through the Local Authority Housing Fund.