Housing, Dundee Contract Services And Environment Services Committee - 09/06/2003

At a MEETING of the HOUSING COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 9th June 2003.

 

Present:-

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

Helen WRIGHT

Christina ROBERTS

Jill SHIMI

Fraser MACPHERSON

John CORRIGAN

Kevin KEENAN

Helen DICK

Jim BARRIE

George REGAN

Nigel DON

Will DAWSON

C D P FARQUHAR

Bob DUNCAN

Bruce D MACKIE

Julia M STURROCK

Richard BEATTIE

Roderick A J WALLACE

Fiona M GRANT

Andrew DAWSON

Charles A WEBSTER

Christopher HIND

Willie W SAWERS

Derek J SCOTT

Joe MORROW

Joe FITZPATRICK

Ian BORTHWICK

 

Councillor HIND, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 19th May, 2003 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DUNDEE'S HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY 2003/2006

 

On a reference to Article VIII of the minute of meeting of the Personnel and Management Services Committee of 10th March, 2003 and Article IV of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 17th March, 2003 the Director of Housing submitted Report No 216-2003 seeking Committee approval of the corporate Homelessness Strategy for 2003-2006 to meet the requirements of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and the recommendations of the Homelessness Task Force.

 

The Committee approved;

 

(a)The content of the Homelessness Strategy 2003-2006 which would equip the authority with an Action Plan to eliminate homelessness in Dundee.

 

(b)The submission of the strategy to the Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland to inform the Homelessness Monitoring Group and the Director of Regulation and Inspection respectively, of the Council's planning work on homelessness during the next three years.

 

II CONFERENCES

 

There was submitted Agenda Note AN277-2003 giving details of invitations to attend the undernoted conferences:-

 

(a)SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR SINGLE HOMELESS - HOMELESSNESS BRIEFING AND TRAINING FOR COUNCILLORS - 13TH JUNE, 2003 - STIRLING

 

The Committee authorised the attendance of two members of the Administration and two members of the SNP Group.

 

(b)CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HOUSING CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION - "NEW MARKETS - NEW APPROACHES" - 17TH TO 20TH JUNE, 2003 - HARROGATE

 

The Committee authorised the attendance of one member of the Administration and one member of the SNP Group.

 

 

 

 

CHRISTOPHER HIND, Convener.