Issue details

To seek approval for the purchase a property in South Shore from a private landlord  by the Council’s Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which will be leased to Jobs Friends and Houses (JFH). 

Jobs, Friends and Houses is owned on a 50/50 basis between the Council and Lancashire Constabulary. Jobs, Friends and Houses has following a period of review established a sustainable business plan based on a small expansion of supported accommodation leased from the Council.  This report seeks approval to purchase a property for this purpose, which is already in use by Jobs, Friends and Houses through a tenancy from the existing private owner.