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Social Housing in Jersey: Eligibility Criteria for Renting

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A decision made on 1 April 2021

Ministerial decision reference: MD-H-2021-0003

 

Decision summary title: Publication of policy document on Eligibility Criteria for Renting Social Housing in Jersey

 

Decision summary author

Senior Policy Officer, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance

 

 

 

 

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title: Publication of policy document on Eligibility Criteria for Renting Social Housing in Jersey

 

Report author or name of

person giving report

Senior Policy Officer, Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision: The Minister for Housing and Communities to publish a comprehensive document on updated policy and procedures for accessing social housing to rent through the Affordable Housing Gateway.

 

This was a recommendation of the Independent Review of Access to Social Housing in Jersey (2019). The former Minister for Children and Housing approved the recommendation and set out his reasons for doing so in the ministerial response to the review (S.R.143/2019).

Resource implications: There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.

Action required: The Senior Policy Officer, Department for Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance to publish the policy document on Government of Jersey web pages.

Signature

 

 

 

 

Position

Deputy Russell Labey  

Minister for Housing and Communities

Date signed

 

30/03/2021

 

 

 

Effective date of the decision

 

 

 

 

 

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