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Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...

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Building a Housing Ladder of Opportunity – Housing Allocation Scheme3.24 Ground 5 in Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1985 (as amended by s 146 of the1996 Act) enables a housing authority to seek possession of a tenancy grantedas a result of a false statement by the tenants or a person acting as the tenant’sinstigation.3.25 Any tenancy fraud that may occur after the grant of a tenancy (e.g., tenancypassed on to a third party such as subletting of a tenancy) will be approached ina similar fashion. New powers to be granted to local authorities to pursue suchcases through the criminal rather than the civil courts will be used byHammersmith & Fulham.3.26 In both instances - at application stage and tenancy stage – the Council willsupport and work with all Registered Providers to reduce and eliminate tenancyfraud.Community Contribution and Tenancy Renewals3.27 Where an applicant for housing has been made an allocation of housing fromBand 2 of the Housing Allocation Scheme, based on a Community Contributionaward and the basis for that award ceases to apply during the term of thetenancy, the Council may seek to provide opportunities for the tenant to make acommunity contribution in an alternative way. Non-performance against an awardof a community contribution may be one factor taken into account in theconsideration of the renewal of a flexible tenancy.Accessing Affordable Market Housing3.28 The Council will continue to promote affordable home ownership and privaterented options to those who are able to afford it. Where household income isover the level which the Council considers eligible for registration on the HomeBuy Register. However, the Council will consider such households for affordablehome ownership or direct them to private rented housing options. Moreinformation on income and savings thresholds is set out in section 6.7 – 6.9 ofthis Housing Allocation Scheme.4. HOW THE COUNCIL ALLOCATES PROPERTIESThe Property Pool and Assisted Choice4.1 Hammersmith & Fulham Council will operate a ‘property pool’ and assistedchoice lettings system. In essence, this means that the council will maintain a listof properties that are available to let to housing applicants who fall into one of thehousing bands described in section 2.12 and detailed with examples in Annex 3.Successful applicants will need to annually update their registration. TheProperty Pool will comprise properties available from the council (a registered19Page 402

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