Housing Advisory Group

To consider and advise Housing & Property Services on policy and practice relating to the way the Council discharges its duties and responsibilities. The HAG will help shape and influence policy and practice across the whole portfolio of Housing & Property Services activity. The HAG will provide an opportunity for Members and officers to share their experiences of receiving and providing services to inform and shape service development and delivery. The HAG will provide an opportunity for Members to feed into service development and delivery the knowledge, experience and proposal they receive from constituents. The HAG will allow the opportunity for all Ward members, through the elected members sitting on HAG, to have a role in shaping and influencing policy development and delivery. The HAG will provide support and advice as necessary to inform Performance and Budget Management of Housing & Property Services The HAG will meet four times a year. Additional meetings may be held as necessary. The HAG will be chaired by the Portfolio Holder for Housing & property Services and membership will consist of: 1Ten Councillors allocated by the group leaders on a proportionate basis. 2The Head of Housing & Property Services. 3The Housing Strategy and Development Manager 4Three tenant representatives – selection to be determined by the HAG elected members. Four members will form a quorum at each HAG meeting. Responsibility for servicing the board sits with the Housing Strategy and Development Team. The attendance of other Councillors, staff members of third parties will be by agreement in advance with the chair.