Councillor Fleming proposed and Councillor Mrs Clark seconded that the Sevenoaks District Tenancy Strategy and Sevenoaks District Housing Register Allocations Policy be approved and adopted as District Council policy.  In moving the recommendation the Leader highlighted that the two significant changes to the Policy were the inclusion of greater emphasis on local connection and employment.

The report outlined the District Council’s proposed housing strategy response/approach to welfare reform.  The purpose of the Policy was to ensure that the that the District’s limited affordable housing supply was directed at those deemed in most need (with more emphasis on local connection and employment) and that future rent revenues were maximised to generate funding for the provision of new social sector housing.

Resolved: That the Sevenoaks District Tenancy Strategy and Sevenoaks District Housing Register Allocations Policy be approved and adopted as District Council policy.