1) That the Policy and Explanatory Notes attached at Appendices A and B be adopted with effect from 1 April 2024
2) That authority is delegated to:
a. the relevant Assistant Director to make minor and inconsequential variations to the Policy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing, if agreed on a countywide basis. This delegation would not be used to make changes to the Policy that substantively changed the purpose of the Policy;
b. the relevant Assistant Director to:
i. make amendments to the local variations detailed within the Explanatory Notes in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing. This delegation would not be used to make amendments to the Explanatory Notes that impacted other districts, unless agreed on a countywide basis and
ii. update and remove any superseded policy provisions relating to discretionary housing assistance contained within the relevant existing council policy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing;
c. the Chief Executive Officer to suspend the awarding of new discretionary assistance under this policy in consultation with the relevant Assistant Director and Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing.
3) That, in addition to the minor and inconsequential variations permitted within the Policy, authority is delegated to:
a. the relevant Assistant Director to make initial amendments to the Policy in consultation with the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing; to enable any appropriate recommendations from other Lincolnshire district councils’ scrutiny of the Policy to be considered and incorporated, if agreed on a countywide basis.
4) That the delegations to SHDC officers set out within section 3 of the Explanatory notes be approved; and to the Assistant Director – Wellbeing and Community Leadership, Communities & Operations, and the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for housing, as set out within section 6 of in the Explanatory Notes (Appendix B).