RESOLVED that:
(1) the Discretionary Housing Payments policy at Appendix B of the report is the approved policy for Gloucester City Council subject to the following recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of 25th March 2019
- paragraph 2.2 be amended to have the policy operative from 4th April 2019
- War Pensions to be disregarded in their entirety for the purposes of calculating income for DHPs
- To clarify the appeals process in the policy
- If on first application it is apparent that the individual’s circumstances are not likely to change within the 13 week period, a longer period will be awarded subject to an annual review
(2) the Discretionary Housing Payment policy is effective 01 April 2019.