Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:  To  Norfolk County Councils Safe in Accommodation Strategy for Norfolk 2021-2024 be endorsed and the requirements of the Domestic Abuse Bill, 2021 be noted.

Reason for Decision

Endorsement of the Strategy by the Councils Cabinet is necessary as it will inform the Councils Homelessness & Rough Sleeper Strategy 2019-2024 and approaches to wider areas of work in relation to Domestic Abuse.  It will also ensure that the  Council is fulfilling its role in supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse.

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Cabinet was informed that in December 2021 Norfolk County Council considered and adopted the Safe in Accommodation Strategy for Norfolk 2021-2024 in accordance with Part 4, Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The report updated members on the requirements of The Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the recently adopted Norfolk County Council Safe in Accommodation Strategy and sought Cabinet endorsement of the strategy.

It was noted that the Environment and Community Panel had supported the recommendations.

Cabinet endorsed the report and was conscious that during the pandemic and also during times of additional financial burden the numbers of cases did rise.  It agreed to keep the Strategy, housing need and its funding under review.

RESOLVED:  To  Norfolk County Councils Safe in Accommodation Strategy for Norfolk 2021-2024 be endorsed and the requirements of the Domestic Abuse Bill, 2021 be noted.

Reason for Decision

Endorsement of the Strategy by the Councils Cabinet is necessary as it will inform the Councils Homelessness & Rough Sleeper Strategy 2019-2024 and approaches to wider areas of work in relation to Domestic Abuse.  It will also ensure that the  Council is fulfilling its role in supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse.