Decision details

Housing Assistance (Discretionary Warm Homes on Prescription) Grant

Reference: D875

Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Public Protection

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To authorise the approval of a Discretionary Housing Assistance grant to an elderly couple whose household income exceeds £16,000.

Decision:

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PORTFOLIO HOLDER:
1)Authorises the award of a Housing Assistance Grant to pay for the cost of installing a new boiler and heating system

Reasons for the decision:

To directly improve the health and wellbeing of Mrs J Nuttall in line with the priorities outlined within the current Gedling Plan to ‘reduce hardship and provide support to the most vulnerable and improve health and wellbeing’.
The installation of a modern energy efficient central heating system will allow Mr and Mrs Nuttall to adequately heat their property and give greater control of their costs

Alternative options considered:

Not to approve a grant to the applicants would cause severe physical and mental hardship for the family. This decision would be particularly hard on the applicant who is suffering from a number of long term medical conditions that have been shown to be adversely affected by the cold.

Publication date: 21/06/2019

Date of decision: 21/06/2019

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