RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)     approves and formally adopts the revised Under Occupation Transfer Incentive Policy and the new Housing Compensation Policy;

(b)     approves that the Under Occupation Incentive Policy be funded by refocusing the existing cash incentive scheme budget of £0.060m held within the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme along with the corresponding change in the revenue contribution to the capital programme in 2025/26; and

(c)     authorises the Corporate Director (Operations and Delivery), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder responsible for Housing, to make future updates or amendments to these policies and that this will include an annual review of the Housing Under Occupation Transfer Incentive to assess its effectiveness.